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Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
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More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
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and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
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and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
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While we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
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Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man--though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.
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But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
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