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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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="../">CEV</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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">What It Means To Be Acceptable to God</h3><p class="par"><span class="v45_5_1"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.1" class="v45_5_1">1</span>By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ, we have peace<a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.5.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> with God. </span><span class="v45_5_2"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.2" class="v45_5_2">2</span>Christ has also introduced us<a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.5.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> to God's gift of undeserved grace on which we now take our stand. So we are happy, as we look forward to sharing in the glory of God. </span><span class="v45_5_3"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.3" class="v45_5_3">3</span>But that's not all! We gladly suffer,<a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.5.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> because we know that suffering helps us to endure. </span><span class="v45_5_4"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.4" class="v45_5_4">4</span>And endurance builds character, which gives us a hope </span><span class="v45_5_5"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.5" class="v45_5_5">5</span>that will never disappoint us. All of this happens because God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_5_6"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.6" class="v45_5_6">6</span>Christ died for us at a time when we were helpless and sinful. </span><span class="v45_5_7"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.7" class="v45_5_7">7</span>No one is really willing to die for an honest person, though someone might be willing to die for a truly good person. </span><span class="v45_5_8"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.8" class="v45_5_8">8</span>But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_5_9"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.9" class="v45_5_9">9</span>But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger. </span><span class="v45_5_10"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.10" class="v45_5_10">10</span>Even when we were God's enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by the life of his Son. </span><span class="v45_5_11"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.11" class="v45_5_11">11</span>And in addition to everything else, we are happy because God sent our Lord Jesus Christ to make peace with us.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Adam and Christ</h3><p class="par"><span class="v45_5_12"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.12" class="v45_5_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.5.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die. </span><span class="v45_5_13"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.13" class="v45_5_13">13</span>Sin was in the world before the Law came. But no record of sin was kept, because there was no Law. </span><span class="v45_5_14"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.14" class="v45_5_14">14</span>Yet death still had power over all who lived from the time of Adam to the time of Moses. This happened, though not everyone disobeyed a direct command from God, as Adam did.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_5_14">In some ways Adam is like Christ who came later. </span><span class="v45_5_15"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.15" class="v45_5_15">15</span>But the gift of God's undeserved grace was very different from Adam's sin. That one sin brought death to many others. Yet in an even greater way, Jesus Christ alone brought God's gift of undeserved grace to many people.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_5_16"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.16" class="v45_5_16">16</span>There is a lot of difference between Adam's sin and God's gift. That one sin led to punishment. But God's gift made it possible for us to be acceptable to him, even though we have sinned many times. </span><span class="v45_5_17"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.17" class="v45_5_17">17</span>Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has treated us with undeserved grace, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_5_18"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.18" class="v45_5_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.5.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life. </span><span class="v45_5_19"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.19" class="v45_5_19">19</span>Adam disobeyed God and caused many others to be sinners. But Jesus obeyed him and will make many people acceptable to God.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_5_20"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.20" class="v45_5_20">20</span>The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God's gift of undeserved grace was even more powerful. </span><span class="v45_5_21"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.5.21" class="v45_5_21">21</span>Sin ruled by means of death. But God's gift of grace now rules, and God has accepted us because of Jesus Christ our Lord. This means that we will have eternal life.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">we have peace: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts have “let us have peace.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">introduced us: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts add “by faith.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">We gladly suffer: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Let us gladly suffer.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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