Romans, 5

1. So then, now that we have been justified by faith, we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

1. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2. it is through him, by faith, that we have been admitted into God's favour in which we are living, and look forward exultantly to God's glory.

2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

3. Not only that; let us exult, too, in our hardships, understanding that hardship develops perseverance,

3. And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

4. and perseverance develops a tested character, something that gives us hope,

4. And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

5. and a hope which will not let us down, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

5. 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.

6. When we were still helpless, at the appointed time, Christ died for the godless.

6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

7. You could hardly find anyone ready to die even for someone upright; though it is just possible that, for a really good person, someone might undertake to die.

7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

8. So it is proof of God's own love for us, that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

8. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

9. How much more can we be sure, therefore, that, now that we have been justified by his death, we shall be saved through him from the retribution of God.

9. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

10. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more can we be sure that, being now reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

10. 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.

11. What is more, we are filled with exultant trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have already gained our reconciliation.

11. And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

12. Well then; it was through one man that sin came into the world, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned.

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:

13. Sin already existed in the world before there was any law, even though sin is not reckoned when there is no law.

13. (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

14. Nonetheless death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sin was not the breaking of a commandment, as Adam's was. He prefigured the One who was to come . . .

14. 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.

15. There is no comparison between the free gift and the offence. If death came to many through the offence of one man, how much greater an effect the grace of God has had, coming to so many and so plentifully as a free gift through the one man Jesus Christ!

15. 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.

16. Again, there is no comparison between the gift and the offence of one man. One single offence brought condemnation, but now, after many offences, have come the free gift and so acquittal!

16. 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.

17. It was by one man's offence that death came to reign over all, but how much greater the reign in life of those who receive the fullness of grace and the gift of saving justice, through the one man, Jesus Christ.

17. 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.)

18. One man's offence brought condemnation on all humanity; and one man's good act has brought justification and life to all humanity.

18. 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.

19. Just as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience are many to be made upright.

19. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

20. When law came on the scene, it was to multiply the offences. But however much sin increased, grace was always greater;

20. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

21. so that as sin's reign brought death, so grace was to rule through saving justice that leads to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

21. That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.