Romans 55RomansJustified by faithWeymouth New Testament

Weymouth New TestamentBerean Standard Bible

1. The Triumph of Faith

2. 1WNTStanding then acquitted as the result of faith, let us enjoy peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,BSBBSB: Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
3. 2WNTthrough whom also, as the result of faith, we have obtained an introduction into that state of favour with God in which we stand, and we exult in hope of some day sharing in God's glory.BSBBSB: 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.
4. 3WNTAnd not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;BSBBSB: Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
5. 4WNTfortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;BSBBSB: perseverance, character; and character, hope.
6. 5WNTand that this hope never disappoints, because God's love for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.BSBBSB: 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.

7. Christ’s Sacrifice for the Ungodly

   (John 3:1–21)

8. 6WNTFor already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right moment died for the ungodly.BSBBSB: For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
9. 7WNTWhy, it is scarcely conceivable that any one would die for a simply just man, although for a good and lovable man perhaps some one, here and there, will have the courage even to lay down his life.BSBBSB: Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
10. 8WNTBut God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us while we were still sinners.BSBBSB: But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
11. 9WNTIf therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him.BSBBSB: Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
12. 10WNTFor if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life.BSBBSB: 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!
13. 11WNTAnd not only so, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained that reconciliation.BSBBSB: Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

14. Death in Adam, Life in Christ

    (Genesis 3:1–7)

15. 12WNTWhat follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.BSBBSB: Therefore, 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.
16. 13WNTFor prior to the Law sin was already in the world; only it is not entered in the account against us when no Law exists.BSBBSB: For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
17. 14WNTYet Death reigned as king from Adam to Moses even over those who had not sinned, as Adam did, against Law. And in Adam we have a type of Him whose coming was still future.BSBBSB: 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.
18. 15WNTBut God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.BSBBSB: 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!
19. 16WNTAnd it is not with the gift as it was with the results of one individual's sin; for the judgement which one individual provoked resulted in condemnation, whereas the free gift after a multitude of transgressions results in acquittal.BSBBSB: 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.
20. 17WNTFor if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.BSBBSB: 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!
21. 18WNTIt follows then that just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which extends to the whole race, so also the result of a single decree of righteousness is a life-giving acquittal which extends to the whole race.BSBBSB: So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
22. 19WNTFor as through the disobedience of the one individual the mass of mankind were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous.BSBBSB: 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.
23. 20WNTNow Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;BSBBSB: The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
24. 21WNTin order that as sin has exercised kingly sway in inflicting death, so grace, too, may exercise kingly sway in bestowing a righteousness which results in the Life of the Ages through Jesus Christ our Lord.BSBBSB: 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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