Romans 5
1 Therefore being accepted as righteous through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Standing then acquitted as the result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have had admission into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory which God will confer.
through whom also, as the result of faith, we have obtained an introduction into that state of favour with God in which we stand, and we exult in hope of some day sharing in God's glory.
3 And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also, knowing that affliction produceth endurance,
And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;
4 and endurance proof [[of faith]], and proof [[of faith giveth]] hope;
fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;
5 and hope will not disappoint us; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which hath been given to us.
and that this hope never disappoints, because God's love for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
6 For while we were yet without strength, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
For already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right moment died for the ungodly.
7 Now hardly for a righteous man will one die; perhaps, however, for a benefactor one might even dare to die.
Why, it is scarcely conceivable that any one would die for a simply just man, although for a good and lovable man perhaps some one, here and there, will have the courage even to lay down his life.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
But God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us while we were still sinners.
9 Much more then, being now accepted as righteous through his blood, we shall be saved through him from the [[coming]] wrath.
If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him.
10 For if while enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled shall we be saved by his life;
For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life.
11 and not this only, but also having joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
And not only so, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained that reconciliation.
12 So then as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and thus [[death]] came through unto all men, because all sinned—
What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.
13 (for all the time before the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not set to one's account when there is no law.
For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.
14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the manner in which Adam transgressed; who is a type of him who was to come.—
Yet Death reigned as king from Adam to Moses even over those who had not sinned, as Adam did, against Law. And in Adam we have a type of Him whose coming was still future.
15 But the free gift was not as the transgression. For if through the offence of the one the many died, much more hath the grace of God, and the gift which is by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abounded to the many.
But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.
16 And the free gift is not like what happened through one man who sinned. For sentence of condemnation followed one offence; but the free gift is a justification after many offences.
And it is not with the gift as it was with the results of one individual's sin; for the judgement which one individual provoked resulted in condemnation, whereas the free gift after a multitude of transgressions results in acquittal.
17 For if by one trespass death reigned through the one man, much more will they who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.)—
For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.
18 As then through one trespass all men have come under condemnation, so through one act of righteousness all obtain the gift of righteousness unto life.
It follows then that just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which extends to the whole race, so also the result of a single decree of righteousness is a life-giving acquittal which extends to the whole race.
19 For as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one man will the many be made righteous.
For as through the disobedience of the one individual the mass of mankind were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous.
20 Moreover the law came in in addition, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded much more;
Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;
21 that as sin reigned in death, so grace might reign through righteousness to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
in order that as sin has exercised kingly sway in inflicting death, so grace, too, may exercise kingly sway in bestowing a righteousness which results in the Life of the Ages through Jesus Christ our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
