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1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
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Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
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And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
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And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:
5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
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And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
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For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.
7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.
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Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.
8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.
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But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
9 Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God.
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Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.
10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
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For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;
11 But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned—
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For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
13 sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law.
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Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.
14 Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come.
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But still death had power from Adam till Moses, even over those who had not done wrong like Adam, who is a picture of him who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man's trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many.
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But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.
16 And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification.
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And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.
17 If, because of the one man's trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
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For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
18 Therefore just as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all.
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So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.
19 For just 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.
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Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.
20 But law came in, with the result that the trespass multiplied; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
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And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
21 so that, just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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