Romans 5–8

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.

Freed from the Law

7Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law ¹has dominion over a man as long as he lives? ²For ^athe woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. ³So then ^bif, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. ⁴Therefore, my brethren, you also have become ^cdead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should ^dbear fruit to God. ⁵For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law ^ewere at work in our members ^fto bear fruit to death. ⁶But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve ^gin the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

Sin’s Advantage in the Law

⁷What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, ^hI would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ⁱ“You shall not covet.” ⁸But ^jsin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For ^kapart from the law sin was dead. ⁹I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. ¹⁰And the commandment, ^lwhich was to bring life, I found to bring death. ¹¹For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. ¹²Therefore ^mthe law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

Law Cannot Save from Sin

¹³Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. ¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, ⁿsold under sin. ¹⁵For what I am doing, I do not understand. ^oFor what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. ¹⁶If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. ¹⁷But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. ¹⁸For I know that ^pin me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. ¹⁹For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. ²⁰Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

²¹I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. ²²For I ^qdelight in the law of God according to ^rthe inward man. ²³But ^sI see another law in ^tmy members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. ²⁴O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me ^ufrom this body of death? ^25vI thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Free from Indwelling Sin

8There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, ^awho ¹do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. ²For ^bthe law of ^cthe Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from ^dthe law of sin and death. ³For ^ewhat the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, ^fGod did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who ^gdo not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵For ^hthose who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, ⁱthe things of the Spirit. ⁶For ^jto be ²carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ⁷Because ^kthe ³carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, ^lnor indeed can be. ⁸So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. ¹⁰And if Christ…