1Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
3And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,
4and endurance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
5and hope does not put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
7For rarely will someone die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone might even dare to die.
8But God demonstrates his own love for us in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Much more, then, having now been justified by his blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.
10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by his life;
11and not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, so also death spread to all people, because all sinned—
13for until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged where there is no law.
14Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a type of the one to come.
15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ abound to the many.
16And the gift is not like what came through the one who sinned; for the judgment from one led to condemnation, but the free gift from many trespasses led to justification.
17For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
18So then, as through one trespass it came to all people for condemnation, so also through one righteous act it came to all people for justification of life;
19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one the many will be made righteous.
20Now the law came in alongside, so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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