Romans 5–6

Peace with God Through Faith

5^aTherefore, since we have been justified by faith, ^bwe¹ have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ²Through him we have also ^cobtained access by faith² into this grace ^din which we stand, and ^ewe³ rejoice⁴ in hope of the glory of God. ³Not only that, but we ^frejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering ^gproduces endurance, ⁴and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, ⁵and ^hhope does not put us to shame, because God’s love ⁱhas been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

⁶For ^jwhile we were still weak, at the right time ^kChrist 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— ⁸but ^lGod shows his love for us in that ^mwhile we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹Since, therefore, ⁿwe have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from ^othe wrath of God. ¹⁰For if ^pwhile we were enemies ^qwe were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by ^rhis life. ¹¹More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received ^sreconciliation.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

¹²Therefore, just as ^tsin came into the world through one man, and ^udeath through sin, and ^vso death spread to all men⁵ because ^wall sinned— ¹³for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but ^xsin is not counted where there is no law. ¹⁴Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not ^ylike the transgression of Adam, ^zwho was a type of ^athe one who was 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 ^bmany. ¹⁶And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For ^cthe judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought ^djustification. 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 ^ereign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

¹⁸Therefore, as one trespass⁶ led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness⁷ leads to justification and life for ^fall men. ¹⁹For as by the one man’s ^gdisobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s ^hobedience the many will be made righteous. ²⁰Now ⁱthe law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^jgrace abounded all the more, ²¹so that, ^kas sin reigned in death, ^lgrace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

6What shall we say then? ^mAre we to continue in sin that grace may abound? ²By no means! How can ⁿwe who died to sin still live in it? ³Do you not know that all of us ^owho have been baptized ^pinto Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴We were ^qburied therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as ^rChrist was raised from the dead by ^sthe glory of the Father, we too might walk in ^tnewness of life.

⁵For ^uif we have been united with him in ^va death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶We know that ^wour old self^{1 x}was crucified with him in order that ^ythe body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. ⁷For ^zone who has died ^ahas been set free² from sin. ⁸Now ^bif we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹We know that ^cChrist, being raised from the dead, will never die again; ^ddeath no longer has dominion over him. ¹⁰For the death he died he died to sin, ^eonce for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. ¹¹So you also must consider yourselves ^fdead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

¹²Let not ^gsin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. ^13hDo not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ⁱpresent yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. ¹⁴For ^jsin ^kwill have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵What then? ^lAre we to sin ^mbecause we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ¹⁶Do you not know that if you present yourselves ⁿto anyone as obedient slaves,³ you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? ¹⁷But ^othanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^pstandard of teaching to which you were committed, ¹⁸and, ^qhaving been set free from sin, ^rhave become slaves of righteousness. ^19sI am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For ^tjust as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members ^uas slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

^20vFor when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. ^21wBut what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ^xof which you are now ashamed? ^yFor the end of those things is death. ²²But now that you ^zhave been set free from sin and ^ahave become slaves of God, ^bthe fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^cits end, eternal life. ^23dFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.