1Being therefore justified by faith , we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ ; 2through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand ; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God . 3And not only so , but we also rejoice in our tribulations : knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; 4and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope : 5and hope putteth not to shame ; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us .
The Role of Suffering
6For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die. 8But God commendeth his own love toward us , in that , while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us . 9Much more then , being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him . 10For if , while we were enemies , we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son , much more , being reconciled , shall we be saved by his life ; 11and not only so , but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ , through whom we have now received the reconciliation .
Christ's Sacrificial Love
12Therefore , as through one man sin entered into the world , and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men , for that all sinned:— 13for until the law sin was in the world ; but sin is not imputed when there is no law . 14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses , even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s transgression , who is a figure of him that was to come . 15But not as the trespass , so also is the free gift . For if by the trespass of the one the many died , much more did the grace of God , and the gift by the grace of the one man , Jesus Christ , abound unto the many . 16And not as through one that sinned, so is the gift : for the judgment came of one unto condemnation , but the free gift came of many trespasses unto justification . 17For if , by the trespass of the one , death reigned through the one ; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one , even Jesus Christ . 18So then as through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation ; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men to justification of life . 19For as through the one man ’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous . 20And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound ; but where sin abounded , grace did abound more exceedingly: 21that , as sin reigned in death , even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord .