Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- peace
- Transliteration
- peace
- Rejected alternatives
- world peace / inner peace (the dominant secular senses: political non-conflict or psychological calm)
Peace
‘Peace’ is heavily used in political (‘world peace’) and therapeutic/wellness (‘inner peace,’ ‘peace of mind’) senses in contemporary English. Romans 5:1’s specific relational, judicial peace with God secured through justification must be distinguished from both the geopolitical and the merely psychological senses.