羅馬書 5

因信稱義的福

1 所以，我們既因信稱義，就藉著我們的主耶穌基督得以與上帝和好。 2 我們又藉著他，因信t得以進入現在所站立的這恩典中，並且歡歡喜喜盼望上帝的榮耀。 3 不但如此，就是在患難中也是歡歡喜喜的，因為知道患難生忍耐， 4 忍耐生老練，老練生盼望， 5 盼望不至於落空，因為上帝的愛，已藉著所賜給我們的聖靈，澆灌在我們心裏。 6 我們還軟弱的時候，基督就在特定的時刻為不敬虔之人死。 7 為義人死，是少有的；為仁人死，也者有敢做的。 8 惟有基督在我們還作罪人的時候為我們死，上帝的愛就在此向我們顯明了。 9 現在我們既靠著他的血稱義，就更要藉著他得救，免受上帝的憤怒。 10 因為我們作仇敵的時候，尚且藉著上帝兒子的死得以與上帝和好，既已和好，就更要因他的生得救了。 11 不但如此，我們既藉著我們的主耶穌基督得以與上帝和好，也就藉著他以上帝為樂。

亞當和基督

12 為此，正如罪是從一人進入世界，死又從罪而來，於是死就臨到所有的人，因為人人都犯了罪。 13 沒有律法之前，罪已經在世上，但沒有律法，罪也不算罪。 14 然而，從亞當到摩西，死就掌了權，連那些不與亞當犯一樣罪過的，也在死的權下。亞當是那以後要來之人的預像。

15 但是過犯不如恩賜，若因一人的過犯，眾人都死了，那麼，上帝的恩典，與那因耶穌基督一人而來的恩典中的賞賜，豈不加倍地臨到眾人嗎？ 16 因一人犯罪而來的後果，也不如賞賜，原來審判是由一人而定罪，恩賜乃是由許多過犯而稱義。 17 若因一人的過犯，死就因這一人掌權，那些受洪恩又蒙所賜之義的，豈不更要因耶穌基督一人在他們生命中掌權嗎？

18 這樣看來，因一次的過犯，所有的人都被定罪；照樣，因一次的義行，所有的人也就被稱義而得生命了。 19 因一人的悖逆，眾人成為罪人；照樣，因一人的順從，眾人也成為義了。 20 而且加添了律法，使得過犯增加，只是罪在哪裏增加，恩典就在哪裏越發豐盛了。 21 所以，正如罪藉著死掌權；照樣，恩典也藉著義掌權，使人因我們的主耶穌基督得永生。

ROMANS 5

What It Means //To Be Acceptable //to God

1 By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ, we have peacet with God. 2 Christ has also introduced ust to God's gift of undeserved grace on which we now take our stand. So we are happy, as we look forward to sharing in the glory of God. 3 But that's not all! We gladly suffer, t because we know that suffering helps us to endure. 4 And endurance builds character, which gives us a hope

5 that will never disappoint us. All of this happens because God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love.
6 Christ died for us at a time when we were helpless and sinful. 7 No one is really willing to die for an honest person, though someone might be willing to die for a truly good person.

8 But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.
9 But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger. 10 Even when we were God's enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by the life of his Son.

11 And in addition to everything else, we are happy because God sent our Lord Jesus Christ to make peace with us.

Adam and Christ

12  t Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die. 13 Sin was in the world before the Law came. But no record of sin was kept, because there was no Law.

14 Yet death still had power over all who lived from the time of Adam to the time of Moses. This happened, though not everyone disobeyed a direct command from God, as Adam did.
In some ways Adam is like Christ who came later.

15 But the gift of God's undeserved grace was very different from Adam's sin. That one sin brought death to many others. Yet in an even greater way, Jesus Christ alone brought God's gift of undeserved grace to many people.
16 There is a lot of difference between Adam's sin and God's gift. That one sin led to punishment. But God's gift made it possible for us to be acceptable to him, even though we have sinned many times.

17 Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has treated us with undeserved grace, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.
18  t Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life.

19 Adam disobeyed God and caused many others to be sinners. But Jesus obeyed him and will make many people acceptable to God.
20 The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God's gift of undeserved grace was even more powerful. 21 Sin ruled by means of death. But God's gift of grace now rules, and God has accepted us because of Jesus Christ our Lord. This means that we will have eternal life.