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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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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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Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
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perseverance, character; and character, hope,
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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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You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless,
Christ died for the ungodly.
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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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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to many!
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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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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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Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemned for all men,
so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification
that brings life for all men.
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For hust 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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The law was added so that the trespass might increase.
But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
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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.
