Romans 5
5
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
5
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 have#Although 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, 2through whom also we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we#*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal know that affliction produces patient endurance, 4and patient endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, 5and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
6For while#*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal we were still helpless, yet at the proper time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For only rarely will someone die on behalf of a righteous person (for on behalf of a good person possibly someone might even dare to die), 8but God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while#*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Therefore, by much more, 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 now by his blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath. 10For if, while we#*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, by much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by his life. 11And not only this, but also we are boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Death Came through Adam but Life Comes through Christ
12Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned. 13For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one’s account when there#*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as temporal is no law. 14But death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who is to come. 15But the gift is not like the trespass#Literally “but not like the trespass so also the gift”, for if by the trespass of the one, the many died, by much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, multiply to the many. 16And the gift is not as through the one who sinned, for on the one hand, judgment from the one sin led to condemnation, but the gift, from many trespasses, led to justification. 17For if by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through the one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. 18Consequently therefore, as through one trespass came condemnation to all people, so also through one righteous deed came justification of life to all people. 19For just as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one, the many will be made righteous. 20Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance, 21so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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