ROM 5
5
Results of Justification
1 Therefore, since we have been justified or declared righteous by God through faith alone, we now possess peace and a restored relationship with God through our Lord Jesus Christ as our mediator.
2 Through Jesus we have also obtained access by faith into this state of grace—this unmerited favour—in which we now stand securely, and we boast with confident expectation in the hope of experiencing the full glory of God.
3 And not only do we boast in future glory, but we also boast and rejoice even in our present sufferings and afflictions, knowing with certainty that affliction produces patient endurance and perseverance,
4 And endurance produces tested, proven character that has withstood trials, and tested character produces confident hope that does not disappoint,
5 And this hope will never put us to shame, because God's love has been lavishly poured out and flooded into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us as a gift at salvation.
Reconciliation to God Through the Death of Christ
6 For whilst we were still utterly helpless and powerless to save ourselves, at just the right time appointed by God, Christ died as a substitute for the ungodly—for sinners who had no claim on His mercy.
7 For it is rare that anyone would be willing to die even for a righteous person who lives uprightly, though perhaps for a truly good and noble person someone might possibly have the courage to die.
8 But God powerfully demonstrates and proves His own love towards us, in that whilst we were still active sinners—rebellious and hostile towards Him—Christ died for us as our substitute.
9 Therefore, since we have now been justified or declared righteous by His shed blood, how much more certain it is that we shall be saved and delivered through Him from God's coming wrath and final judgment.
10 For if whilst we were enemies of God—actively hostile and alienated from Him—we were reconciled to God through the substitutionary death of His Son, how much more certain it is that, having been reconciled, we shall be saved and kept secure by His resurrection life.
11 And not only are we saved from wrath, but we also boast and rejoice in God Himself through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation and restored relationship with God.
Death and Condemnation Through Adam, Justification and Life Through Christ
12 For this reason—to explain how one man's work can save many—understand that just as through one man, Adam, sin entered into the human race and the world, and through that sin came physical and spiritual death, and in this way death spread and passed to all human beings without exception, because all sinned in Adam and through their own actions—
13 For even before the Mosaic Law was given at Sinai, sin was already present and active in the world, but sin is not formally charged to a person's account as a specific transgression of commandments when there is no law explicitly given to violate.
14 Nevertheless, death—the penalty for sin—reigned as king from the time of Adam until the time of Moses, even over those who had not sinned by breaking an explicit command in the same way that Adam transgressed God's direct commandment. Adam serves as a type, pattern, and foreshadowing of the One who was to come—Christ, the second Adam.
The Superiority of Christ's Work Over Adam's Sin
15 But the gracious gift of God in Christ is not identical to or merely parallel with the trespass of Adam—it far exceeds it. For if by the trespass and sin of one man, Adam, the many died and were condemned, how much more abundantly did the grace of God and the gift that comes by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow in superabundance to the many.
16 And the gift of justification is not like the result that came from Adam's sin. For the judgment and verdict that followed from one man's trespass resulted in condemnation for all, but the gracious gift that follows many trespasses—the accumulated sins of all humanity—resulted in justification or the declaration of righteousness.
17 For if by the trespass of the one man, Adam, death reigned as a tyrant king through that one man's sin, how much more certainly will those who receive the overflowing abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign as kings in the resurrection life through the One Man, Jesus Christ.
The Two Representative Heads: Adam and Christ
18 So then, to summarise the comparison: just as through one trespass—Adam's sin—the result of condemnation came upon all humanity, so also through one act of righteousness—Christ's obedient life and death—the gift of justification that brings life came to all who believe.
19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man, Adam, the many were constituted and made sinners in God's sight, so also through the obedience of the One, Jesus Christ, the many who believe will be constituted and made righteous before God.
The Purpose of the Law and the Triumph of Grace
20 Now the Mosaic Law came in alongside God's dealings with humanity in order that the trespass and the measure of sin might increase and be more clearly exposed and recognised; but where sin increased and multiplied, God's grace overflowed and superabounded in even greater measure.
21 So that, just as sin reigned as a tyrant king in the realm of death, bringing condemnation and separation from God, so also grace might reign as king through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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ROM 5
5
Results of Justification
1 Therefore, since we have been justified or declared righteous by God through faith alone, we now possess peace and a restored relationship with God through our Lord Jesus Christ as our mediator.
2 Through Jesus we have also obtained access by faith into this state of grace—this unmerited favour—in which we now stand securely, and we boast with confident expectation in the hope of experiencing the full glory of God.
3 And not only do we boast in future glory, but we also boast and rejoice even in our present sufferings and afflictions, knowing with certainty that affliction produces patient endurance and perseverance,
4 And endurance produces tested, proven character that has withstood trials, and tested character produces confident hope that does not disappoint,
5 And this hope will never put us to shame, because God's love has been lavishly poured out and flooded into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us as a gift at salvation.
Reconciliation to God Through the Death of Christ
6 For whilst we were still utterly helpless and powerless to save ourselves, at just the right time appointed by God, Christ died as a substitute for the ungodly—for sinners who had no claim on His mercy.
7 For it is rare that anyone would be willing to die even for a righteous person who lives uprightly, though perhaps for a truly good and noble person someone might possibly have the courage to die.
8 But God powerfully demonstrates and proves His own love towards us, in that whilst we were still active sinners—rebellious and hostile towards Him—Christ died for us as our substitute.
9 Therefore, since we have now been justified or declared righteous by His shed blood, how much more certain it is that we shall be saved and delivered through Him from God's coming wrath and final judgment.
10 For if whilst we were enemies of God—actively hostile and alienated from Him—we were reconciled to God through the substitutionary death of His Son, how much more certain it is that, having been reconciled, we shall be saved and kept secure by His resurrection life.
11 And not only are we saved from wrath, but we also boast and rejoice in God Himself through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation and restored relationship with God.
Death and Condemnation Through Adam, Justification and Life Through Christ
12 For this reason—to explain how one man's work can save many—understand that just as through one man, Adam, sin entered into the human race and the world, and through that sin came physical and spiritual death, and in this way death spread and passed to all human beings without exception, because all sinned in Adam and through their own actions—
13 For even before the Mosaic Law was given at Sinai, sin was already present and active in the world, but sin is not formally charged to a person's account as a specific transgression of commandments when there is no law explicitly given to violate.
14 Nevertheless, death—the penalty for sin—reigned as king from the time of Adam until the time of Moses, even over those who had not sinned by breaking an explicit command in the same way that Adam transgressed God's direct commandment. Adam serves as a type, pattern, and foreshadowing of the One who was to come—Christ, the second Adam.
The Superiority of Christ's Work Over Adam's Sin
15 But the gracious gift of God in Christ is not identical to or merely parallel with the trespass of Adam—it far exceeds it. For if by the trespass and sin of one man, Adam, the many died and were condemned, how much more abundantly did the grace of God and the gift that comes by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow in superabundance to the many.
16 And the gift of justification is not like the result that came from Adam's sin. For the judgment and verdict that followed from one man's trespass resulted in condemnation for all, but the gracious gift that follows many trespasses—the accumulated sins of all humanity—resulted in justification or the declaration of righteousness.
17 For if by the trespass of the one man, Adam, death reigned as a tyrant king through that one man's sin, how much more certainly will those who receive the overflowing abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign as kings in the resurrection life through the One Man, Jesus Christ.
The Two Representative Heads: Adam and Christ
18 So then, to summarise the comparison: just as through one trespass—Adam's sin—the result of condemnation came upon all humanity, so also through one act of righteousness—Christ's obedient life and death—the gift of justification that brings life came to all who believe.
19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man, Adam, the many were constituted and made sinners in God's sight, so also through the obedience of the One, Jesus Christ, the many who believe will be constituted and made righteous before God.
The Purpose of the Law and the Triumph of Grace
20 Now the Mosaic Law came in alongside God's dealings with humanity in order that the trespass and the measure of sin might increase and be more clearly exposed and recognised; but where sin increased and multiplied, God's grace overflowed and superabounded in even greater measure.
21 So that, just as sin reigned as a tyrant king in the realm of death, bringing condemnation and separation from God, so also grace might reign as king through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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