Romans:5

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* We are justified by faith . And we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ . * We have access to grace by faith through him . This is where we stand . We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God . * Not only that , but we also rejoice in our tribulations knowing that tribulation produces endurance . * Tribulation produces an approved condition and an approved condition produces hope . * Hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts . It comes through Holy Spirit , which is God ’s gift to us . * While we were yet weak , in due time Christ died for the ungodly . * For scarcely for a righteous man will one die . Perhaps for the good man some one would even dare to die . * But God demonstrates his own love toward us , in that , while we were yet sinners , Christ died for us . * Much more , now justified by his blood , we will be saved from the wrath of God through him . * While we were enemies , we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son . Being reconciled , we will be saved by his life . * We also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ , through whom we have now received the reconciliation . * Therefore , through one-man sin entered into the world , and death through sin . So death passed to all men , for all have sinned . * Until the law sin was in the world . Sin is not imputed when there is no law . * Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses , even for those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam ’s transgression . Adam is in some ways like Christ who came later . * But the two are not the same , because God ’s gift is not like Adam ’s sin . It is true that many people died because of the sin of that one man . But God ’s grace is much greater , and so is his gift to so many people through the loving-kindness of the one man , Jesus Christ . * And there is a difference between God ’s gift and the sin of one man . After the one sin , came the guilty judgment ; but after so many sins , comes the undeserved gift of righteousness . * It was by the transgression of the one that death ruled as king through that one . Even more so shall those who receive the abundance of grace , and of the gift of righteousness , rule as kings in life by the one , Jesus Christ . * The result of one trespass was condemnation for all men . The result of righteousness was justification , which brings life for all men . * Through the disobedience of one man many have been made sinners . Yet through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous . * The law came that the trespass might increase . But where sin increased God ’s loving kindness increased even more . * And what for ? Just as sin reigned in death , even so might grace reign through righteousness to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord .

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