Reconciliation with God through Faith in Christ
1 Therefore, because we*Here "because" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have been declared righteous") which is understood as causal have been declared righteous by faith, we haveAlthough a number of important manuscripts read the subjunctive mood here ("let us have"), almost all English versions prefer the indicative mood ("we have") which is supported by many other manuscripts peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,