Chapter 5

Having been justified therefore by faith, let us have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

through whom we also have access by faith unto that grace in which we stand, and exult in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.

And not only this, but we exult in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation works out endurance,

and endurance tried virtue, and tried virtue hope.

And hope does not disappoint, because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

For why did Christ, at the set time, die for the wicked when as yet we were weak?

For scarcely in behalf of a just man does one die; yet perhaps one might bring himself to die for a good man.

But God commends his charity towards us, because when as yet we were sinners,

Christ died for us. Christ's Death Assures Our Salvation Much more now that we are justified by his blood, shall we be saved through him from the wrath.

For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

And not this only, but we exult also in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. In Adam All Have Sinned

Therefore as through one man sin entered into the world and through sin death, and thus death has passed unto all men because all have sinned---

for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law;

yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin after the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come. Grace and Life Superabound through Christ

But not like the offense is the gift. For if by the offense of the one the many died, much more has the grace of God, and the gift in the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abounded unto the many.

Nor is the gift as it was in the case of one man's sin, for the judgment was from one man unto condemnation, but grace is from many offenses unto justification.

For if by reason of the one man's offense death reigned through the one man, much more will they who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of justice reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.

Therefore as from the offense of the one man the result was unto condemnation to all men, so from the justice of the one the result is unto justification of life to all men.

For just as by the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also by the obedience of the one the many will be constituted just. Purpose of the Law

Now the Law intervened that the offense might abound. But where the offense has abounded, grace has abounded yet more;

so that as sin has reigned unto death, so also grace may reign by justice unto life everlasting through Jesus Christ our Lord.