1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of the glory of God. 3And not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; 4and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 6When we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. 9Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God. 10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation. 12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men, because all men sinned. 13For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted when there is no law. 14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. 15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man's trespass many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the gift following many trespasses brings justification. 17For if, by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.) 18So then, as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19For 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. 20Law came in, that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.