Romans 5:6-21

Legacy Standard Bible

⁶ For while we were still ^(A)weak, ^(B)at the right time ^(C)Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ For one will hardly die for a righteous man, ^[a]though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. ⁸ But God ^(D)demonstrates ^(E)His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, ^(F)Christ died for us. ⁹ Much more then, having now been justified ^[b](G)by His blood, we shall be saved ^(H)from the wrath of God through Him. ¹⁰ For if while we were ^(I)enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved ^[c](J)by His life. ^11 (K)And not only this, ^[d]but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received ^(L)the reconciliation.

The Gift of Righteousness in Christ

¹² Therefore, just as through ^(M)one man sin entered into the world, and ^(N)death through sin, and ^(O)so death spread to all men, because all sinned— ¹³ for ^[e]until the Law sin was in the world, but ^(P)sin is not imputed when there is no law. ¹⁴ Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned ^(Q)in the likeness of the trespass of Adam, who is a ^[f](R)type of Him who was to come.

¹⁵ But ^[g]the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of ^(S)the one ^(T)the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by ^(U)the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. ¹⁶ And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand ^(V)the judgment arose from one transgression ^[h]resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the gracious gift arose from many transgressions ^[i]resulting in justification. ¹⁷ For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned ^(W)through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will ^(X)reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ So then as through ^(Y)one transgression ^[j]there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one ^(Z)act of righteousness ^[k]there resulted ^(AA)justification of life to all men. ¹⁹ For as through the one man’s disobedience ^(AB)the many ^(AC)were appointed sinners, even so through ^(AD)the obedience of the One ^(AE)the many will be appointed righteous. ²⁰ Now ^[l](AF)the Law came in so that the transgression would increase, but where sin increased, ^(AG)grace abounded all the more, ²¹ so that, as ^(AH)sin reigned in death, even so ^(AI)grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.