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Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us--set us right with him, make us fit for him--we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus.
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Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God 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.
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By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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And that's not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand--out in the wide open spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.
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through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
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through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of highest privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory.
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And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
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There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us,
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Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
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And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
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We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us--they help us learn to endure.
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And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
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and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next.
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perseverance, character; and character, hope.
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and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
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And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation.
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And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary--we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!
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And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
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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.
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And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
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Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn't, and doesn't, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn't been so weak, we wouldn't have known what to do anyway.
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You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
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For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
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When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
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For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
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We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice.
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Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
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For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
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Now, no one is likely to die for a good person, though someone might be willing to die for a person who is especially good.
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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.
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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
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Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
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Now that we are set right with God by means of this sacrificial death, the consummate blood sacrifice, there is no longer a question of being at odds with God in any way.
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Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!
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Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
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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 judgment.
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For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
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If, when we were at our worst, we were put on friendly terms with God by the sacrificial death of his Son, now that we're at our best, just think of how our lives will expand and deepen by means of his resurrection life!
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For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
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For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
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For since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life.
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And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
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Now that we have actually received this amazing friendship with God, we are no longer content to simply say it in plodding prose. We sing and shout our praises to God through Jesus, the Messiah!
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Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
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So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God--all because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us in making us friends of God.
Rom.5.12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
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You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we're in--first sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death.
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Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--
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Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned--
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When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
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For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses.
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for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
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(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. And though there was no law to break, since it had not yet been given,
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Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
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Even those who didn't sin precisely as Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of it.
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Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.
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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.
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they all died anyway--even though they did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. What a contrast between Adam and Christ, who was yet to come!
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But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
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Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man's sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God's gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do!
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But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!
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But the free gift is not 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, abounded to many.
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And what a difference between our sin and God's generous gift of forgiveness. For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this other man, Jesus Christ, brought forgiveness to many through God's bountiful gift.
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And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
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There's no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence.
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Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.
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And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification.
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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 we have the free gift of being accepted by God, even though we are guilty of many sins.
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For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
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If death got the upper hand through one man's wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?
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For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
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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.)
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The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us, but all who receive God's wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.
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Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
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Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life!
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Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.
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Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
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Yes, Adam's one sin brought condemnation upon everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness makes all people right in God's sight and gives them life.
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For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
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One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.
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For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
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For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.
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Because one person disobeyed God, many people became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many people will be made right in God's sight.
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Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn't, and doesn't, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it's sin versus grace, grace wins hands down.
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The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
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Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
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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 kindness became more abundant.
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That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
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All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that's the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life--a life that goes on and on and on, world without end.
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so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life 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 kindness rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
