Romans Chapter 5

Extreme Grace

            ¹ We’ve been justified by trusting, and we express trusting God by trusting our Lord Jesus Christ. ² The Christ gives us access to this grace that we stand in. Because of it, we rejoice in the hope that comes from our glorious God. ³ Not only that, but we can even rejoice in hardships because we know they produce endurance, ⁴ which produces character, which produces a hope ⁵ that doesn’t disappoint because God keeps pouring out his love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit he gave us. ⁶ When we were still weak, in due time Christ^Messiah died for the ungodly. ⁷ Hardly anybody is willing to die even for somebody that’s good. Somebody might, ⁸ but God has shown^p us how much he cares about us because Christ^Messiah died for us while we were still sinners. ⁹ More than that, if his blood has justified us, we’re safe from God’s displeasure. ¹⁰ If the death of his Son reconciled us to God while we were estranged, now that he’s reconciled us, his life will save us from condemnation. ¹¹ All the while, we take pride in God through his Son who reconciled us.                                                                                   Rom 5:1-11      

Adam and Christ in Contrast

¹² So, as through one man, sin—hence death—entered the world, death passed on to everybody because everybody has sinned. ¹³ Before the Law, there was sin in the world, but sin isn’t held against a person if there’s no law. ¹⁴ But, death did prevail from Adam to Moses even over the ones that hadn’t sinned like Adam did—who corresponds to the One that was to come.                                                                

Rom 5:12-14

¹⁵ But the gracious gift isn’t like the sin. In the one case, many died because one sinned. In the other case, many received abundant grace because of God’s gracious gift and the one man Jesus Christ. ¹⁶ The gracious gift isn’t like what came through the one sinner; the judgment that came in connection with one sin led to condemnation, but the gracious gift that came in connection with many sins led to justification. ¹⁷ If death prevailed because of one man’s sin, much more will life prevail—in the ones that receive abundant grace and bestowed righteousness—because of the One, Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ As by the sin of one there was what led to condemnation for all people, so by one act of righteousness there is justification that leads to life for all people. ¹⁹ As by one man’s disobedience many became sinners, so by One man’s obedience many will become righteous. ²⁰ The Law came in besides to increase sin, but where sin increased grace multiplied. ²¹ So as sin prevailed in death, grace could prevail in righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.                                                                       

Rom 5:15-21