Romans 5
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Right With God
1We have been made right with God because of our faith. So we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Through our faith, Christ has brought us into that blessing of God’s grace that we now enjoy. And we are very happy because of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory. 3And we are also happy with the troubles we have. Why are we happy with troubles? Because we know that these troubles make us more patient. 4And this patience is proof that we are strong. And this proof gives us hope. 5And this hope will never disappoint us. We know this because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts through the Holy Spirit he gave us.
6Christ died for us when we were unable to help ourselves. We were living against God, but at just the right time Christ died for us. 7Very few people will die to save the life of someone else, even if it is for a good person. Someone might be willing to die for an especially good person. 8But Christ died for us while we were still sinners, and by this God showed how much he loves us.
9We have been made right with God by the blood sacrifice of Christ. So through Christ we will surely be saved from God’s anger. 10I mean that while we were God’s enemies, he made friends with us through his Son’s death. And the fact that we are now God’s friends makes it even more certain that he will save us through his Son’s life. 11And not only will we be saved, but we also rejoice right now in what God has done for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. It is because of Jesus that we are now God’s friends.
Adam and Christ
12Sin came into the world because of what one man did. And with sin came death. So this is why all people must die—because all people have sinned. 13Sin was in the world before the Law of Moses. But God does not consider people guilty of sin if there is no law. 14But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, everyone had to die. Adam died because he sinned by not obeying God’s command. But even those who did not sin that same way had to die.
That one man, Adam, can be compared to Christ, the one who was coming in the future. 15But God’s free gift is not like Adam’s sin. Many people died because of the sin of that one man. But the grace that people received from God was much greater. Many received God’s gift of life by the grace of this other man, Jesus Christ. 16After Adam sinned once, he was judged guilty. But the gift of God is different. His free gift came after many sins, and it makes people right with him. 17One man sinned, and so death ruled all people because of that one man. But now some people accept God’s full grace and his great gift of being made right. Surely they will have true life and rule through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18So that one sin of Adam brought the punishment of death to all people. But in the same way, Christ did something so good that it makes all people right with God. And that brings them true life. 19One man disobeyed God and many became sinners. But in the same way, one man obeyed God and many will be made right. 20The law was brought in so that more people would sin the way Adam did. But where sin increased, there was even more of God’s grace. 21Sin once used death to rule us. But God gave us more of his grace so that grace could rule by making us right with him. And this brings us eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Romans 5
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Rom 3.28. Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we#5.1 Other ancient authorities read let us have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2#Eph 2.18; 3.12; Heb 10.19-20. Through him we have obtained access#5.2 Other ancient authorities add by faith to this grace in which we stand, and we#5.2 Or let us rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3#Rom 5.11; 2 Cor 12.10; Jas 1.3. More than that, we#5.3 Or let us rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5#Ps 119.116; Acts 2.33; Phil 1.20. and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
6While we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. 8#Jn 15.13; Rom 8.32; 1 Pet 3.18; 1 Jn 3.16; 4.10. But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. 9#Rom 3.5,24-25; Eph 1.7; 1 Thess 1.10. Since, therefore, we are now justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10#Col 1.21. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11#Rom 5.3. Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.
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1 Cor 15.21-22; Rom 6.23; Jas 1.15. Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned— 13sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14#1 Cor 15.22,45. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
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Acts 15.11. But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16#Rom 8.1. And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification. 17If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
18Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. 19#Phil 2.8. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous. 20#Rom 7.7-8; Gal 3.19; 1 Tim 1.14. Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21#Rom 6.23. so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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