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Romans 5:1–5 – Peace, hope, and love by the Spirit

What happens: Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through Jesus Christ. Through him we stand in grace and rejoice in hope of God’s glory. We also rejoice in sufferings, which produce endurance, character, and hope. God’s love is poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

What it means: Justification brings a new status and a new experience. Suffering is not wasted; God uses it to form Christlike character. The Spirit assures us of God’s love, showing the Trinity at work for our good.

Romans 5:6–11 – Christ dies for the ungodly

What happens: While we are weak, Christ dies for the ungodly. God shows his love in that while we are still sinners, Christ dies for us. Now justified by his blood, we are saved from wrath and reconciled to God. We rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

What it means: God’s love is proactive and sacrificial. The cross secures justification and reconciliation. Joy flows from restored relationship, revealing grace stronger than wrath for those in Christ.

Romans 5:12–14 – Adam and the spread of death

What happens: Sin enters the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spreads to all because all sin. Before the law, sin is in the world, yet death reigns from Adam to Moses, even over those who do not sin like Adam.

What it means: Humanity shares in Adam’s fall and its consequence. This explains universal death and shows our need for a new head. God’s justice is clear, and the stage is set for greater grace.

Romans 5:15–21 – Adam and Christ contrasted

What happens: The free gift is not like the trespass. If many die through one man’s trespass, much more God’s grace abounds through the one man Jesus Christ. By one trespass death reigns, but by one act of righteousness many receive justification and life. The law comes in to increase trespass, but grace abounds and reigns through righteousness to eternal life.

What it means: Christ is the new Adam who overturns the curse. Grace is stronger than sin and death. God’s plan exalts his mercy while upholding righteousness through Christ’s obedience.

Application

  • Stand in grace when trouble comes and let endurance grow.
  • Rejoice that God loved you first and reconciled you through the cross.
  • See humanity in Adam and run to Christ as the new head.
  • Let grace, not guilt, reign in daily choices toward life.

Bible

1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

10For 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.

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

12Wherefore, 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.

14Nevertheless 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.

15But 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.

16And 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.

17For 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.)

18Therefore 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.

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

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

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

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