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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 5 WEY</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEY</a> > Romans 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/4.htm" title="Romans 4">◄</a> Romans 5 <a href="../romans/6.htm" title="Romans 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Weymouth New testament</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Faith Brings Peace and Joy<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../john/14.htm#27">John 14:27-31</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Standing then acquitted as the result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>through whom also, as the result of faith, we have obtained an introduction into that state of favour with God in which we stand, and we exult in hope of some day sharing in God's glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and that this hope never disappoints, because God's love for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.</p> <a name="6" id="6"></a><p class="hdg">Christ's Sacrifice for the Ungodly<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../genesis/22.htm">Genesis 22:1-10</a>; <a href="../john/3.htm#16">John 3:16-21</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right moment died for the ungodly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Why, it is scarcely conceivable that any one would die for a simply just man, although for a good and lovable man perhaps some one, here and there, will have the courage even to lay down his life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us while we were still sinners. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And not only so, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained that reconciliation.</p> <a name="12" id="12"></a><p class="hdg">Death in Adam, Life in Christ<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3:1-7</a>; <a href="../genesis/7.htm">Genesis 7:1-5</a>; <a href="../2_peter/3.htm">2 Peter 3:1-9</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Yet Death reigned as king from Adam to Moses even over those who had not sinned, as Adam did, against Law. And in Adam we have a type of Him whose coming was still future.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And it is not with the gift as it was with the results of one individual's sin; for the judgement which one individual provoked resulted in condemnation, whereas the free gift after a multitude of transgressions results in acquittal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>It follows then that just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which extends to the whole race, so also the result of a single decree of righteousness is a life-giving acquittal which extends to the whole race. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For as through the disobedience of the one individual the mass of mankind were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>in order that as sin has exercised kingly sway in inflicting death, so grace, too, may exercise kingly sway in bestowing a righteousness which results in the Life of the Ages through Jesus Christ our Lord.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../romans/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Romans 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Romans 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../romans/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Romans 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Romans 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/romans/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>