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, since we are 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. Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

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

3. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

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

4. and endurance produces character, and character produces 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 does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

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

6. While we were still weak, at the right 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. Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man -- though perhaps for a good man one will dare even 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 shows his love for 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. Since, therefore, we are now justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

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 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. 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. Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.

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. Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men 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. sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where 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. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who 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 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 in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for 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 the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings 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. 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. One man's offence brought condemnation on all humanity; and one man's good act has brought justification and life to all humanity.

18. Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men.

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 one man's obedience many will 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. Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

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. so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.