| Chapter 5 |
| 1 | Therefore being justified by
faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: |
| 2 | By
whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice
in hope of the glory of God. |
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3 | And not only so, but we glory in
tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; |
| 4 | And
patience, experience; and experience, hope: |
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5 | And hope maketh not
ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us. |
| 6 | For when we were yet without strength, in due
time Christ died for the ungodly. |
| 7 | For scarcely for a righteous
man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to
die. |
| 8 |
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were
yet sinners, Christ died for us. |
| 9 | Much more then, being now
justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. |
| 10 |
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his
Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. |
| 11 |
And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
we have now received the atonement. |
| 12 | Wherefore, as by one man sin
entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for
that all have sinned: |
| 13 | (For until the law sin was in the world: but
sin is not imputed when there is no law. |
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14 | Nevertheless death reigned
from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of
Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. |
| 15 |
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of
one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is
by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. |
| 16 | And not as
it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to
condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
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| 17 | For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which
receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life
by one, Jesus Christ.) |
| 18 | Therefore as by the offence of one judgment
came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free
gift came upon all men unto justification of life. |
| 19 | For as by
one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall
many be made righteous. |
| 20 | Moreover the law entered, that the offence
might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: |
| 21 |
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. |
