Faith Triumphs in Trouble
1 Therefore,having been justified by faith, we havepeace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have access by faith into this gracein which we stand, andrejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not onlythat,butwe also glory in tribulations,knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5 Now hope does not disappoint,because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Christ in Our Place
6 For when we were still without strength, in due timeChrist died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
8 ButGod demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, having now been justifiedby His blood, we shall be savedfrom wrath through Him.
10 Forif when we were enemieswe were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be savedby His life.
11 And not onlythat,but we alsorejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
12 Therefore, just asthrough one man sin entered the world, anddeath through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
13 (For until the law sin was in the world, butsin is not imputed when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam,who is a type of Him who was to come.
15 But the free giftisnot like the offense. 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, aboundedto many.
16 And the giftisnot likethatwhichcamethrough the one who sinned. For the judgmentwhichcamefrom oneoffenseresultedin condemnation, but the free giftwhichcamefrom many offensesresultedin justification.
17 For if by the one man’s offense 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.)
18 Therefore, as through one man’s offensejudgmentcameto all men, resulting in condemnation, even so throughone Man’s righteous actthefreegiftcameto all men, resulting in justification of life.
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also byone Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
20 Moreoverthe law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, graceabounded much more,
21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.