We Have Peace With God Through Our Lord Jesus Christ

St. Paul goes back to The circumcision of Abraham and says okay Was it Abraham's circumcision that made him righteous or was it his faith? In this context where you have Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians having debates over the role of circumcision St. Paul is saying no no this is why it depends on faith because Abraham had faith even prior to the circumcision. Those are the first two verses of chapter 5 But then beyond that he says more than that we rejoice in our sufferings And why? Because we know that God uses everything We know that nothing is wasted when given to God so even our sufferings do something Our sufferings produce Endurance endurance produces character Character produces hope and hope does not disappoint us