Romans 5:2–21

²through whom we have gained access^k by faith into this grace in which we now stand.^l And we^b boast in the hope^m of the glory of God. ³Not only so, but we^c also glory in our sufferings,ⁿ because we know that suffering produces perseverance;^{o 4}perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵And hope^p does not put us to shame, because God’s love^q has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,^r who has been given to us.

⁶You see, at just the right time,^s when we were still powerless,^t Christ died for the ungodly.^{u 7}Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^v

⁹Since we have now been justified^w by his blood,^x how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath^y through him! ¹⁰For if, while we were God’s enemies,^z we were reconciled^a to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!^{b 11}Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.^c

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

¹²Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,^d and death through sin,^e and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned^f—

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.^{g 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,^h who is a pattern of the one to come.ⁱ

¹⁵But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man,^j how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,^k overflow to the many! 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, by the trespass of the one man, death^l 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^m through the one man, Jesus Christ!

¹⁸Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people,ⁿ so also one righteous act resulted in justification^o and life^p for all people. ¹⁹For just as through the disobedience of the one man^q the many were made sinners,^r so also through the obedience^s of the one man the many will be made righteous.

²⁰The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.^t But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,^{u 21}so that, just as sin reigned in death,^v so also grace^w might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life^x through Jesus Christ our Lord.