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1 Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness combined with our faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 We have access by faith into this grace in which we stand through him, and we boast in the hope of God's glory.
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Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 But not only that! We even take pride in our problems, because we know that trouble produces endurance,
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Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
4 endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
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and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
5 This hope doesn't put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
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and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
6 While we were still weak, at the right moment, Christ died for ungodly people.
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For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 It isn't often that someone will die for a righteous person, though maybe someone might dare to die for a good person.
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For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
8 But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
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but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 So, now that we have been made righteous by his blood, we can be even more certain that we will be saved from God's wrath through him.
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Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
10 If we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son while we were still enemies, now that we have been reconciled, how much more certain is it that we will be saved by his life?
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For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
11 And not only that: we even take pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, the one through whom we now have a restored relationship with God.
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More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
12 So, in the same way that sin entered the world through one person, and death came through sin, so death spread to all human beings with the result that all sinned.
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Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—
13 Although sin was in the world, since there was no Law, it wasn't taken into account until the Law came.
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for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
14 But death ruled from Adam until Moses, even over those who didn't sin in the same way Adam did—Adam was a type of the one who was coming.
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Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
15 But the free gift of Christ isn't like Adam's failure. If many people died through what one person did wrong, God's grace is multiplied even more for many people with the gift—of the one person Jesus Christ—that comes through grace.
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But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.
16 The gift isn't like the consequences of one person's sin. The judgment that came from one person's sin led to punishment, but the free gift that came out of many failures led to the verdict of acquittal.
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And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.
17 If death ruled because of one person's failure, those who receive the multiplied grace and the gift of righteousness will even more certainly rule in life through the one person Jesus Christ.
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For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
18 So now the righteous requirements necessary for life are met for everyone through the righteous act of one person, just as judgment fell on everyone through the failure of one person.
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Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
19 Many people were made righteous through the obedience of one person, just as many people were made sinners through the disobedience of one person.
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For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.
20 The Law stepped in to amplify the failure, but where sin increased, grace multiplied even more.
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Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
21 The result is that grace will rule through God's righteousness, leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, just as sin ruled in death.
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so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.