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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/romans/">Romans</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/romans/5.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/romans/5.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/romans/5.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/romans/5.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/romans/5.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/romans/5.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/romans/5.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Triumph of Faith<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> in the hope of the glory of God. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>perseverance, character; and character, hope. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Christ’s Sacrifice for the Ungodly<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../john/3.htm">John 3:1–21</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Death in Adam, Life in Christ<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3:1–7</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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 the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many! <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For just 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. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>let us have</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>exult</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verses 3 and 11<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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