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1 Since we have been made right with God by our faith, we have peace with God. This happened through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
2 who has brought us into that blessing of God's grace that we now enjoy. And we are happy because of the hope we have of sharing God's glory.
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Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.
3 We also have joy with our troubles, because we know that these troubles produce patience.
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We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.
4 And patience produces character, and character produces hope.
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And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
5 And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. He gave us his love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us.
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And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
6 When we were unable to help ourselves, at the moment of our need, Christ died for us, although we were living against God.
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When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
7 Very few people will die to save the life of someone else. Although perhaps for a good person someone might possibly die.
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Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good.
8 But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
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But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
9 So through Christ we will surely be saved from God's anger, because we have been made right with God by the blood of Christ's death.
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And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation.
10 While we were God's enemies, he made friends with us through the death of his Son. Surely, now that we are his friends, he will save us through his Son's life.
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For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.
11 And not only that, but now we are also very happy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we are now God's friends again.
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So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.
12 Sin came into the world because of what one man did, and with sin came death. This is why everyone must die -- because everyone sinned.
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When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
13 Sin was in the world before the law of Moses, but sin is not counted against us as breaking a command when there is no law.
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Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break.
14 But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, everyone had to die, even those who had not sinned by breaking a command, as Adam had. Adam was like the One who was coming in the future.
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Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come.
15 But God's free gift is not like Adam's sin. Many people died because of the sin of that one man. But the grace from God was much greater; many people received God's gift of life by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ.
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But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.
16 After Adam sinned once, he was judged guilty. But the gift of God is different. God's free gift came after many sins, and it makes people right with God.
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And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.
17 One man sinned, and so death ruled all people because of that one man. But now those people who accept God's full grace and the great gift of being made right with him will surely have true life and rule through the one man, Jesus Christ.
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For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.
18 So as one sin of Adam brought the punishment of death to all people, one good act that Christ did makes all people right with God. And that brings true life for all.
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Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone.
19 One man disobeyed God, and many became sinners. In the same way, one man obeyed God, and many will be made right.
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Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.
20 The law came to make sin worse. But when sin grew worse, God's grace increased.
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God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.
21 Sin once used death to rule us, but God gave people more of his grace so that grace could rule by making people right with him. And this brings life forever through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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