Romans

因信称义的福

1我们既因信称义，就借着我们的主耶稣基督得与 神相和。

2我们又借着他，因信得进入现在所站的这恩典中，并且欢欢喜喜盼望 神的荣耀。

3不但如此，就是在患难中也是欢欢喜喜的；因为知道患难生忍耐，

4忍耐生老练，老练生盼望；

5盼望不至于羞耻，因为所赐给我们的圣灵将 神的爱浇灌在我们心里。

6因我们还软弱的时候，基督就按所定的日期为罪人死。

7为义人死，是少有的；为仁人死，或者有敢做的。

8惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死， 神的爱就在此向我们显明了。

9现在我们既靠着他的血称义，就更要借着他免去 神的忿怒。

10因为我们作仇敌的时候，且借着 神儿子的死，得与 神和好；既已和好，就更要因他的生得救了。

11不但如此，我们既借着我主耶稣基督得与 神和好，也就借着他以 神为乐。

亚当和基督

12这就如罪是从一人入了世界，死又是从罪来的，于是死就临到众人，因为众人都犯了罪。

13没有律法之先，罪已经在世上；但没有律法，罪也不算罪。

14然而从亚当到摩西，死就作了王，连那些不与亚当犯一样罪过的，也在他的权下。亚当乃是那以后要来之人的预像。

15只是过犯不如恩赐，若因一人的过犯，众人都死了，何况 神的恩典，与那因耶稣基督一人恩典中的赏赐，岂不更加倍地临到众人吗？

16因一人犯罪就定罪，也不如恩赐，原来审判是由一人而定罪，恩赐乃是由许多过犯而称义。

17若因一人的过犯，死就因这一人作了王，何况那些受洪恩又蒙所赐之义的，岂不更要因耶稣基督一人在生命中作王吗？

18如此说来，因一次的过犯，众人都被定罪；照样，因一次的义行，众人也就被称义得生命了。

19因一人的悖逆，众人成为罪人；照样，因一人的顺从，众人也成为义了。

20律法本是外添的，叫过犯显多；只是罪在哪里显多，恩典就更显多了。

21就如罪作王叫人死；照样，恩典也借着义作王，叫人因我们的主耶稣基督得永生。

The Triumph of Faith

1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we havepeace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoicein the hope of the glory of God.

3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

4perseverance, character; and character, hope.

5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

Christ’s Sacrifice for the Ungodly

6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

9Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

13For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!

16Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.

17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how 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, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought 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.

20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.