Isa 57:19, Eze 34:25-26, Hos 2:18-20, Rom 5:1-10, 2Cor 5:19-21 | ESV | STEP | creating the fruit of the lips . Peace , peace , to the far and to the near , says the Lord , and I will heal him.

25 ^f“I will make with them a covenant of peace and ^gbanish wild beasts from the land, ^hso that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill ⁱa blessing, and ^jI will send down the showers in their season; they shall be ^kshowers of blessing.

Hosea 2:18-20

18 And ^lI will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And ^mI will abolish ^{▼▼Hebrew break} the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in ^osafety. 19 And I will betroth you to me ^pforever. ^qI will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20 ^rI will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And ^syou shall know the Lord.

Romans 5:1-10

Peace with God Through Faith

1 ^tTherefore, since we have been justified by faith, ^uwe ^{▼▼Some manuscripts let us} have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also ^wobtained access by faith ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit by faith} into this grace ^yin which we stand, and ^zwe ^{▼▼Or let us; also verse 3} rejoice ^{▼▼Or boast; also verses 3, 11} in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we ^acrejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering ^adproduces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and ^aehope does not put us to shame, because God’s love ^afhas been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

6 For ^agwhile we were still weak, at the right time ^ahChrist died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but ^aiGod shows his love for us in that ^ajwhile we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, ^akwe have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from ^althe wrath of God. 10 For if ^amwhile we were enemies ^anwe were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by ^aohis life.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling ^{▼▼Or God was in Christ, reconciling} the world to himself, ^aqnot counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us ^arthe message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, ^aswe are ambassadors for Christ, ^atGod making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 ^auFor our sake he made him to be sin ^avwho knew no sin, so that in him we might become ^awthe righteousness of God.