ROMANS 5:8-21

ROMANS 5:8-21 

King James Version (KJV)

[8] But God commended His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

[9] Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

[10] 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.

[11] And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the atonement.

[12] 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:

[13] (For until the Law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no Law.)

[14] 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.

[15] 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.

[16] 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.

[17] 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.)

[18] 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.

[19] For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.

[20] Moreover the Law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

[21] That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

⁸ But Christ died for us while we were still sinners, and by this God showed how much He loves us.

⁹ We have been made right with God by the blood sacrifice of Christ. So through Christ we will surely be saved from God’s anger. 

¹⁰ I mean that while we were God’s enemies, He made friends with us through his Son’s death. And the fact that we are now God’s friends makes it even more certain that He will save us through His Son’s life. 

¹¹ And not only will we be saved, but we also rejoice right now in what God has done for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. It is because of Jesus that we are now God’s friends.

¹² Sin came into the world because of what one man did. And with sin came death. So this is why all people must die—because all people have sinned. 

¹³ Sin was in the world before the Law of Moses. But God does not consider people guilty of sin if there is no Law. 

¹⁴ But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, everyone had to die. Adam died because he sinned by not obeying God’s command. But even those who did not sin that same way had to die.  That one man, Adam, can be compared to Christ, the One Who was coming in the future. 

¹⁵ But God’s free gift is not like Adam’s sin. Many people died because of the sin of that one man. But the grace that people received from God was much greater. Many received God’s gift of life by the grace of this other man, Jesus Christ. 

¹⁶ After Adam sinned once, he was judged guilty. But the gift of God is different. His free gift came after many sins, and it makes people right with Him. 

¹⁷ One man sinned, and so death ruled all people because of that one man. But now some people accept God’s full grace and his great gift of being made right. Surely they will have true life and rule through the one man, Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ So that one sin of Adam brought the punishment of death to all people. But in the same way, Christ did something so good that it makes all people right with God. And that brings them true life. 

¹⁹ One man disobeyed God and many became sinners. But in the same way, one man obeyed God and many will be made right. 

²⁰ The Law was brought in so that more people would sin the way Adam did. But where sin increased, there was even more of God’s grace. 

²¹ Sin once used death to rule us. But God gave us more of His grace so that grace could rule by making us right with Him. And this brings us eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

ACCORDING TO 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-4

JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES!

HIS DEAD BODY WAS PLACED IN A BORROWED TOMB!

AFTER THREE DAYS, JESUS WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD!

ACCORDING TO ROMANS 10:9-10

IF YOU BELIEVE THIS WITH ALL YOUR HEART, 

AND YOU PUBLICLY CONFESS YOUR FAITH IN HIM,

YOU SHALL BE SAVED FROM THE PENALTY OF YOUR SIN!