The Triumph of Faith 2 UDB Because of what Christ has done for us, it is as if God has opened up a door for us to go to where he will be kind to us. So we rejoice because we are confidently expecting that God will gladly share his greatness with us. BSB BSB: through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
3 UDB When we suffer because we are joined to Christ, we also rejoice because we know that when we are suffering, we are learning to endure things patiently. BSB BSB: Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
4 UDB And we know that when we endure suffering patiently, God approves of us. And when we know that God approves of us, we confidently expect that he will do great things for us. BSB BSB: perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5 UDB And we are very confident that we will receive the things that we wait for, because God loves us very much. His Holy Spirit, whom he gave to us, causes us to understand how much God loves us. BSB BSB: And 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 (John 3:1–21)
7 UDB Rarely will anyone die for another person, even if that person were righteous, although for a good person perhaps someone might be courageous enough to die. BSB BSB: Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
8 UDB Nevertheless, as for God, the way he showed us that he loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still rebelling against God. BSB BSB: But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 UDB So it is even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger about sin, since we are right with God because Christ died for us and shed his blood for our sins. BSB BSB: Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
10 UDB Even when we were his enemies, God made peace with us by the death of his Son. And now that we have peace with God, it is even more certain that Christ will save us by the fact that he is now alive, when he had been dead. BSB BSB: For 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!
11 UDB And that is not all! Now we also rejoice because God has made peace between us and him through the death of his Son. BSB BSB: Not 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 (Genesis 3:1–7)
13 UDB People in the world sinned before God gave his law to Moses, but there was no way to recognize sin against that law. BSB BSB: For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
14 UDB But we know that, from the time when Adam lived until the time when Moses lived, all people sinned, and they died as a consequence. Everyone died, even those who did not break a direct command from God as Adam did. Adam's sin affected all people, just like what Christ did, the one who came later, also affects all people. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, 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.
15 UDB But the gift that God gives is not like Adam's sin. Because that one man sinned, many people die. But because another man, Jesus Christ, died, God kindly offers this gift of everlasting life to many people. BSB BSB: But 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!
16 UDB And there is another way in which God's gift is different from Adam's sin. Because Adam sinned, all people after him have sinned, and so God declared that all people deserve to be punished. But as a kind gift, God offers to put us right with himself, even though we sinned many times. BSB BSB: Again, 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.
17 UDB All people die because of what one man, Adam, did. But now many of us experience that God has kindly given us a very great gift—which we do not deserve—and he has put us right with himself. It is also very certain that we will rule with Christ in heaven. This will happen because of what one man, Jesus Christ, did for us. BSB BSB: For 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!
18 UDB So, because one man, Adam, disobeyed God's law, all people deserve to be punished. Similarly, because one man, Jesus, acted righteously by obeying God while he lived and died, God offers to put everyone right with himself, for them to live forever. BSB BSB: So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men. 19 UDB It was because one person, Adam, disobeyed God that many people became sinners. Similarly, it is because one person, Jesus, obeyed God when he died that he will put many right with himself. BSB BSB: For 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.
21 UDB Since people die physically because sin had power over their bodies, bringing death, in the same way his kind gift now has power to make them right before God, and that power gives them eternal life because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for them. BSB BSB: so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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