Justified with his blood, saved from his wrath
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Therefore being
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ:
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By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience;
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And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
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And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly.
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For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good
man some would even dare to die.
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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.
We are justified by faith. [1]
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Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through him.
Since we are justified by his blood,
we'll be saved from his wrath.
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For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of
his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
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And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom we have now received the atonement.
If we are reconciled to God by the death of his son ... [2]
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Wherefore, as by one
man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all
men, for that all have sinned:
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(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there
is no law.
Sin entered the world through one man, and death by sin.
So death passed to everyone. [3]
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Nevertheless death
reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned
after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that
was to come.
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But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the
offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by
grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
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And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was
by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto
justification.
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For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which
receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in
life by one, Jesus Christ.)
Everyone died from Adam to Moses,
even those who didn't sin. [4]
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Therefore as by the
offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by
the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification
of life.
Every human is condemned because of the act of one man.
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For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Everyone became a sinner when one man disobeyed.
Then everyone becomes righteous when one man obeys. [5]
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Moreover the law
entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace
did much more abound:
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That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
God created the law so that there'd be lots of offences.