Romans 5
1 Now that we have been made right by God by trusting in him, we have peace with him through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
2 It's through Jesus, trusting in him, that we've gained access to this position of grace where we now stand, looking forward with happiness and confidence to sharing in God's glory.
through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 Not only this—we also remain confident when problems come, because we know that experiencing problems develops spiritual stamina.
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
4 Spiritual stamina in turn develops a mature character, and this mature character results in confident hope.
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
5 Since we have this hope we're never disappointed, for God's love has been poured into us through the Holy Spirit he's given us.
and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
6 When we were completely helpless, at just the right time Christ died for us ungodly people.
For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 Who would die for anybody else, even someone who does what's right? (Though perhaps somebody would be brave enough to die for someone really good.)
For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.
8 But God demonstrates his love for us in that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Now that we are made right by his death, we can be absolutely sure we'll be saved by him from the coming judgment.
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
10 While we were his enemies, God made us his friends through the death of his Son, and so we can be absolutely sure that he will save us through the life of his Son.
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
11 In addition to this we now celebrate what God has done through our Lord Jesus Christ to reconcile us and make us his friends.
Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
12 For through one man sin entered the world, and sin led to death. In this way death came to everyone, for everyone sinned.
Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.
13 Even before the law was given, sin was in the world, however it wasn't counted as sin because there was no law.
For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.
14 But death still ruled from Adam until Moses, even over those who didn't sin in the same way as Adam did. Now Adam prefigured the one to come.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins were not like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
15 But the gift of Jesus is not like the sin of Adam. Though many people died because of one man's sin, God's grace is so much greater and has been shared with so many through his gracious gift in the person of Jesus Christ.
But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
16 The result of the gift is not like that of the sin. The result of Adam's sin was judgment and condemnation, but the gift sets us right with God, despite our many sins.
The gift is not as through one who sinned; for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift followed many trespasses to justification.
17 As a result of one man's sin, death ruled because of him. But God's grace is so much greater and his gift sets us right, for everyone who receives it will rule in life through the person of Jesus Christ!
For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
18 Just as one sin brought condemnation on everyone, in the same way one right act gave everyone the opportunity to live right.
So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.
19 Just as through one man's disobedience many became sinners, in the same way through one man's obedience many are made right with God.
For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
20 When the law was introduced, sin became even more obvious. But while sin became much more obvious, grace became even more obvious!
The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,
21 Just as sin ruled us and brought us death, now grace rules by making us right with God, bringing us eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to consummate (aiōnios g166) life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
