Peace
And Joy
THEREFORE,
SINCE WE HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED THROUGH FAITH,
WE
HAVE PEACE WITH GOD
THROUGH
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
2
THROUGH WHOM WE HAVE GAINED ACCESS BY FAITH
INTO
THIS GRACE IN WHICH WE NOW STAND.
And
we Rejoice in the Hope of the Glory of God.
3
Not only so,
BUT
WE ALSO REJOICE IN OUR SUFFERINGS,
BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT SUFFERING PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE;
4
PERSEVERANCE, CHARACTER; AND CHARACTER HOPE
5
AND HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US,
BECAUSE
GOD HAS POURED OUT HIS LOVE INTO OUR HEARTS
BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE HAS GIVEN US.
6
You see, at just the right time,
When
we were still Powerless,
CHRIST
DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.
7
Very Rarely will anyone die for a Righteous man,
Though
for a good man someone might possible dare to die.
8
But God demonstrates His own love for us in this:
WHILE
WERE WERE STILL SINNERS,
CHRIST
DIED FOR US.
9
SINCE WE HAVE NOW BEEN JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD,
HOW
MUCH MORE SHALL WE BE SAVED FROM GOD'S WRATH
THROUGH
HIM!
10
FOR IF WHEN WE WERE GOD'S ENEMIES,
WE
WERE RECONCILED TO HIM
THROUGH
THE DEATH OF HIS SON,
HOW
MUCH MORE, HAVING BEEN RECONCILED,
SHALL
WE BE SAVED THROUGH HIS LIFE!
11Not
only is this so,
But
we also Rejoice in God
Through
our Lord Jesus Christ,
Through
whom we have now received Reconciliation.
Death
Through Adam, Life Through Christ
12
Therefore, just as Sin entered the World
Through
one man,
And
Death through Sin,
And
in this way Death came to All men,
Because
All Sinned--
13
For before the Law was given,
Sin
was in the World.
But
Sin is not taken into account when there is no Law.
14
Nevertheless, Death Reigned
From
the time of Adam to the time of Moses,
Even
over those who did not Sin by breaking a Command,
As
did Adam, who was a Pattern of the one to come.
15
But the Gift is not like the Trespass of the one man,
How
much more did God's Grace and the Gift
that
came by the Grace of the one man,
Jesus
Christ, overflow to the many!
16
Again, the Gift of God
Is
not like the result of the one man's Sin:
THE
JUDGMENT FOLLOWED ONE SIN
AND
BROUGHT CONDEMNATION,
BUT
THE GIFT FOLLOWED MANY TRESPASSES
AND
BROUGHT JUSTIFICATION.
17
For if, by the Trespass of the one man,
Death
Reigned through that one man,
How
much more will those who receive
God's
Abundant Provision of Grace
And
the gift of Righteousness
Reign
in Life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18
CONSEQUENTLY, JUST AS THE RESULT OF ONE TRESPASS
WAS
CONDEMNATION FOR ALL MEN,
SO
ALSO THE RESULT OF ONE ACT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
WAS
JUSTIFICATION THAT BRINGS LIFE
FOR
ALL MEN.
For
just as through the Disobedience of the one man
The
many were made Sinners,
So
also through the Obedience of the one man
The
many will be made Righteous.
20
THE LAW WAS ADDED THAT THE TRESPASS MIGHT INCREASE.
BUT
WHERE SIN INCREASED,
GRACE
INCREASED ALL THE MORE,
21
SO THAT, JUST AS SIN REIGNED IN DEATH,
SO
ALSO GRACE MIGHT REIGN THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS
TO
BRING ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
(Romans
5)
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