23 Now this declaration of his faith is not recorded

for his sake only;

24 But for us also to whom the same justification shall be, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

25 Who was given over unto death for our sins, and raised for our justification.

CHAP. V.

1 THEREFORE we being justified [cleared from all sin] by faith in Jesus Christ, have peace with God through him.

2 By faith in whom, we are admitted into those privileges of grace which we now enjoy, and rejoice in the hope of future glory with God.

3 And not only do we rejoice in our present favour and our future hope, but we are happy even in our troubles, knowing that tribulation bringeth our souls into habits of patience [maketh us wait for and depend upon God].

4 And patience gives us experience of God's favour, and this experience leads us to hope with confidence.

5 And of such hope we shall never be ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in [spread over] our hearts, by the Holy Ghost which is given us.

6 For when all the world, Jew and Gentile, were lying in sin, with no power to help themselves, then, in the fulness of time, as God had determined long before, Christ died for the ungodly.

7 Oh the exceeding great love of Jesus! even for a righteous man scarcely will any one die, though perhaps for such a man, there are those who would dare to lay down their lives.

8 But God shewed in so great a degree his love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, [opposers of him, his enemies,] Christ died for us.

9 Much more then, no longer enemies, being as we now are, justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath, through Jesus.

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, his being at God's right hand interceding for us.

11 And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now obtained this atonement [reconciliation].

12 Wherefore as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death [condemnation] by sin, and the sentence rested upon all men, for that all inherit the effects of his disobedience :

13 (For sin was in the world before the law was delivered, but the penalty of it is not charged upon those who did not know the law.

14 Nevertheless men died from the time of Adam

till the law was given by Moses, even those [infants, for instance] who had not committed actual sin, as Adam had, who was the figure or type of Christ.

15 But the free gift exceeds the penalty; for if through the sin of one [Adam] many be subject to death; much more by one man [Jesus Christ] hath

the grace of God unto salvation abounded unto many.

16 It differs also in this-that as by Adam's sin all were subject to condemnation, so by the free gift of grace, not only is original sin done away, but we are altogether justified.

17 For if by the offence of one man death had dominion over all; much more shall those who receive grace through Jesus, be preserved unto life, by their one surety, Christ the Son of God.)

18 Therefore as by the offence of one [Adam] all were judged worthy of death, so by the righteousness of one [Christ] the free gift of justification came upon all men.

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

20 Moreover the law came into the world that men might have a clearer knowledge of sin. But the more sin there was, the more did grace abound.

21 That as sin had reigned unto condemnation, even so grace, bringing forth righteousness, might reign, [govern, direct, constrain us,] unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAP. VI.

1 WHAT shall we say, then? If, [as we read in the last chapter,] the more sin there was, the more did grace abound, shall we continue in sin that grace may be abundant?

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2 God forbid! How shall we who by our entrance into the way of life through Christ, have become dead to the ways and power of sin, live any longer therein ?

3 Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized [born again] in Jesus Christ, thereby died to sin, even as he died?

4 Therefore we, by this baptism, [this new birth,] are buried as was our dead Saviour, and that even as he was raised up from the dead, by the glory of the Father, so also should we rise from our old corruptions in newness of spirit.

5 For if we have been thus buried, [planted to grow again,] as he was, so shall we, like him, spring up to life again.

6 Knowing that our old nature is dead, crucified on his cross, that the whole body of sin [all sin] might be destroyed in us, that henceforth we should not sin [not be slaves of sin].

7 For as a dead slave is freed from his worldly master, so is he who is dead to sin freed from the power of that master who formerly had dominion over him.

8 Now if we be dead to sin through Christ, we believe that we shall also live to holiness with him.

9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

10 For in that he died, he died unto [for] sin once, but in that he liveth he liveth unto God.

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead

indeed unto sin, but by this regeneration alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, but, as those who are made alive from the dead, give up yourselves to God, and your members [all your powers] as the instruments of righteousness unto him.

14 For if ye so do, sin shall have no dominion over you, for ye are not under the law of Moses, threatening punishment; but under God's grace in the gospel.

15 What then? will any one say we should dare to sin, because we are no longer under the penalties of the law, but under the gospel? God forbid.

16 Know ye not, that ye are servants of that master whom ye obey, whether it be of sin which leads to death and condemnation, or of obedience [the gospel], which must make you righteous?

17 But God be thanked, that though ye were once the servants of sin, you have now received that gospel, by the power of which ye have obeyed from the heart, that form of doctrine [that faith in Jesus Christ] to which ye are bound [delivered].

18 Being then, by this gospel, freed from sin, ye have a new master, ye are now become servants of righteousness.

19 I speak under the comparison of slavery and freedom, as things well known to you Romans, and therefore suited to your weak and worldly ideas that