CINXE.COM

<!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 NIV</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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/romans/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Peace and Hope</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Many manuscripts let us">a</a></sup></span> have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or let us">b</a></sup></span> boast in the hope of the glory of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Not only so, but we <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or let us">c</a></sup></span> also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>perseverance, character; and character, hope. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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, overflow to the many! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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 God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Many manuscripts <i>let us</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>let us</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>let us</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.</p><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/mpc/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 width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenubib2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>