Romans 5
1 Therefore being justified by 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 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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 glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;
5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit which is 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 when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
For already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right moment died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet perhaps for a good man some would 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 towards 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 justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
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 when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall 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 only [so], but we also joy in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
And not only so, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained that reconciliation.
12 Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have 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 until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed 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 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that 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 not as the offense, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offense of one many are dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded to 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 not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift. For the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [is] of many offenses to justification.
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 man's offense death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, 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 Therefore, as by the offense of one, [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men to justification of 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 by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall 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 entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;
21 That as sin hath reigned to death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life, by 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)
