Romans 5–6

Faith Triumphs in Trouble

5Therefore, ^ahaving been justified by faith, ¹we have ^bpeace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ^2cthrough whom also we have access by faith into this grace ^din which we stand, and ^erejoice in hope of the glory of God. ³And not only that, but ^fwe also glory in tribulations, ^gknowing that tribulation produces ²perseverance; ^4hand perseverance, ³character; and character, hope. ⁵ⁱNow hope does not disappoint, ^jbecause the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Christ in Our Place

⁶For when we were still without strength, ⁴in due time ^kChrist died for the ungodly. ⁷For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. ⁸But ^lGod demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹Much more then, having now been justified ^mby His blood, we shall be saved ⁿfrom wrath through Him. ¹⁰For ^oif when we were enemies ^pwe were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved ^qby His life. ¹¹And not only that, but we also ^rrejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

¹²Therefore, just as ^sthrough one man sin entered the world, and ^tdeath through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—¹³(For until the law sin was in the world, but ^usin is not imputed when there is no law. ¹⁴Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, ^vwho is a type of Him who was to come. ¹⁵But the free gift is not like the ⁵offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded ^wto many. ¹⁶And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many ⁶offenses resulted in justification. ¹⁷For if by the one man’s ⁷offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

¹⁸Therefore, as through ⁸one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through ^xone ⁹Man’s righteous act the free gift came ^yto all men, resulting in justification of life. ¹⁹For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by ^zone Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

²⁰Moreover ^athe law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace ^babounded much more, ²¹so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

6What shall we say then? ^aShall we continue in sin that grace may abound? ²Certainly not! How shall we who ^bdied to sin live any longer in it? ³Or do you not know that ^cas many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus ^dwere baptized into His death? ⁴Therefore we were ^eburied with Him through baptism into death, that ^fjust as Christ was raised from the dead by ^gthe glory of the Father, ^heven so we also should walk in newness of life.

⁵ⁱFor if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, ⁶knowing this, that ^jour old man was crucified with Him, that ^kthe body of sin might be ¹done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. ⁷For ^lhe who has died has been ²freed from sin. ⁸Now ^mif we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, ⁹knowing that ⁿChrist, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. ¹⁰For the death that He died, ^oHe died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, ^pHe lives to God. ¹¹Likewise you also, ³reckon yourselves to be ^qdead indeed to sin, but ^ralive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

^12sTherefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. ¹³And do not present your ^tmembers as ⁴instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but ^upresent yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. ¹⁴For ^vsin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God

¹⁵What then? Shall we sin ^wbecause we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! ¹⁶Do you not know that ^xto whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? ¹⁷But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart ^ythat form of doctrine to which you were ⁵delivered. ¹⁸And ^zhaving been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. ¹⁹I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness ⁶for holiness.

²⁰For when you were ^aslaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. ^21bWhat fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For ^cthe end of those things is death. ²²But now ^dhaving been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit ⁷to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. ²³For ^ethe wages of sin is death, but ^fthe ⁸gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.