Romans 5

Peace with God Through Faith

1 a Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, b we 1 have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also c obtained access by faith 2 into this grace d in which we stand, and e we 3 rejoice 4 in hope of the glory of God. 3 More than that, we f rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering g produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and h hope does not put us to shame, because God's love i has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

6 For j while we were still weak, at the right time k Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person - though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die - 8 but l God shows his love for us in that m while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, n we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from o the wrath of God. 10 For if p while we were enemies q we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by r his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received s reconciliation.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

12 Therefore, just as t sin came into the world through one man, and u death through sin, and v so death spread to all men because w all sinned - 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but x sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not y like the transgression of Adam, z who was a type of a the one who was to come.

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 by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for b many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For c the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought d justification. 17 For 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 e reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore, as one trespass 5 led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness 6 leads to justification and life for f all men. 19 For as by the one man's g disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's h obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now i the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, j grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, k as sin reigned in death, l grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Romans 3:28
    For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 15:13
    May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
    Hebrews 12:28
    Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.
  3. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:18
    For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
    Ephesians 3:12
    In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
    Hebrews 10:19 - 20
    Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus.
    1 Peter 3:18
    For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.
  4. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:1
    Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 5:11
    More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
    Hebrews 3:6
    But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
    Romans 12:12
    Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 5:12
    Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  7. Cross References
    Luke 21:19
    By your endurance you will gain your lives.
    James 1:3
    For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 119:116
    Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
    Philippians 1:20
    As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
  9. Cross References
    Acts 2:17 - 18
    'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
    Acts 2:33
    Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
    Titus 3:6
    Whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.
    Galatians 4:6
    And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!
  10. Cross References
    Romans 5:8
    But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
    Romans 5:10
    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.
    Hosea 13:9
    He destroys you, O Israel, for you are against me, against your helper.
    Ephesians 2:5
    Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved -
  11. Cross References
    Romans 4:25
    Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
  12. Cross References
    John 3:16
    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
  13. Cross References
    Romans 5:6
    For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
    Romans 5:10
    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.
  14. Cross References
    Romans 3:25
    Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
  15. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 1:10
    And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
    1 Thessalonians 2:16
    By hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved - so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!
    Romans 1:18
    For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
  16. Cross References
    Romans 5:6
    For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
    Romans 5:8
    But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
    Colossians 1:21
    And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds.
    Romans 8:32
    He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
  17. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:18 - 20
    All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
    Ephesians 2:16
    And might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
    Colossians 1:20 - 21
    And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
  18. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:10 - 11
    Always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
  19. Cross References
    Romans 11:15
    For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
    2 Corinthians 5:18 - 19
    All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
  20. Cross References
    Genesis 2:17
    But of the tree of the knowledge of good and ev...
    Genesis 3:6
    So when the woman saw that the tree was good fo...
    1 Corinthians 15:21 - 22
    For as by a man came death, by a man has come a...
    Romans 5:15 - 17
    But the free gift is not like the trespass. For...
    Romans 6:9
    We know that Christ, being raised from the dead...
    Psalms 51:5
    Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in...
  21. Cross References
    Romans 6:23
    For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    James 1:15
    Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
  22. Cross References
    Romans 5:14
    Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
    Romans 5:21
    So that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
    1 Corinthians 15:22
    For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
  23. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:3
    Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
  24. Cross References
    Romans 3:20
    For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
  25. Cross References
    Hosea 6:7
    But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
  26. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:45
    Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  27. Cross References
    Matthew 11:3
    And said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?
  28. Cross References
    Romans 5:19
    For 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.
    Isaiah 53:11
    Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
  29. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 11:32
    But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
  30. Cross References
    Romans 5:18
    Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
  31. Cross References
    Revelation 22:5
    And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
  32. Cross References
    John 12:32
    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
  33. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 10:6
    Being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
  34. Cross References
    Hebrews 5:8
    Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
    Philippians 2:8
    And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
  35. Cross References
    Galatians 3:19
    Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
    Romans 3:20
    For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
  36. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:14
    And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
  37. Cross References
    Romans 5:12
    Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned -
    Romans 5:14
    Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
  38. Cross References
    John 1:17
    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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