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but established as Son of God in power according to the spirit of holiness through resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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among whom are you also, who are called to belong to Jesus Christ;
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to all the beloved of God in Rome, called to be holy. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Thanksgiving. First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is heralded throughout the world.
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on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge people’s hidden works through Christ Jesus. Judgment by the Mosaic Law.
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since no human being will be justified in his sight by observing the law; for through the law comes consciousness of sin.
III. Justification Through Faith in Christ
Justification Apart from the Law.
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the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction;
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They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus,
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Chapter 5
Faith, Hope, and Love. Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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For Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
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But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
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Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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Grace and Life Through Christ. But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by that one person’s transgression the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one person Jesus Christ overflow for the many.
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For if, by the transgression of one person, death came to reign through that one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of justification come to reign in life through the one person Jesus Christ.
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so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through justification for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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IV. Justification and the Christian Life
Chapter 6
Freedom from Sin; Life in God. What then shall we say? Shall we persist in sin that grace may abound? Of course not!
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Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
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We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.
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If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
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We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him.
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Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as [being] dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.
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For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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In the same way, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead in order that we might bear fruit for God.
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Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I myself, with my mind, serve the law of God but, with my flesh, the law of sin.
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Chapter 8
The Flesh and the Spirit. Hence, now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.