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| 1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | 1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 2Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. | 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. |
| 3Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, | 3Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; |
| 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, | 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. |
| 5and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. | 5And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. |
| 6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. | 6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. |
| 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— | 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. |
| 8but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. | 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. |
| 9Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. | 9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! |
| 10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. | 10For if, while 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! |
| 11More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. | 11Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. |
| 12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— | 12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned-- |
| 13for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. | 13To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone's account where there is no law. |
| 14Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. | 14Nevertheless, 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 is a pattern of the one to come. |
| 15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. | 15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by 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! |
| 16And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. | 16Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. |
| 17For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. | 17For 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 of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! |
| 18Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. | 18Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. |
| 19For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. | 19For 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. |
| 20Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, | 20The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, |
| 21so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. | 21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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