Romans 5

Faith Triumphs

5Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, ^qwe have peace ^rwith God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ^s2We have also obtained access through Him ^tby faith ^uinto this grace in which we stand, ^vand we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. ³And not only that, ^wbut we also rejoice in our afflictions, ^xbecause we know that affliction produces endurance, ^y4endurance produces proven character, ^zand proven character produces hope. ⁵This hope will not disappoint us, ^abecause God’s love has been poured out in our hearts ^bthrough the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Those Declared Righteous Are Reconciled

⁶For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, ^cChrist died for the ungodly. ⁷For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. ⁸But God proves ^dHis own love for us ^ein that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! ⁹Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, ^fwe will be saved through Him from wrath. ^g10For if, while we were enemies, ^hwe were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life! ⁱ¹¹And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him. ^j

Death through Adam and Life through Christ

¹²Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, ^kand death through sin, ^lin this way death spread to all men, ^mbecause all sinned. ⁿ¹³In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law. ^o14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam’s transgression. ^pHe is a prototype ^qof the Coming One. ^r

¹⁵But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift overflowed to the many by the grace of the one man, ^sJesus Christ. ¹⁶And the gift is not like the one man’s sin, because from one sin came the judgment, ^tresulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification. ^u17Since by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life ^vthrough the one man, Jesus Christ.

¹⁸So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification ^wxfor everyone. ¹⁹For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, ^yso also through the one man’s obedience ^zthe many will be made righteous. ²⁰The law came along to multiply the trespass. ^aBut where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more ^b21so that, just as sin reigned in death, ^cso also grace will reign ^dthrough righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.