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So then, because God makes us right with himself when we trust in him, we can live peacefully with God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 2 Our Lord Jesus the Messiah also allows us to {continually} experience how kind God is by trusting in him. So, we can confidently boast that we will one day live the glorious way God intended for us. 3 This is not the only thing about which we can confidently boast. But, we can also confidently boast when we are distressed. This is because we know that when we are distressed, God is accomplishing what will help us to endure. 4 And if we endure {when distressed}, {God} approves {us}. And {when God} approves {us, we become} confident. 5 And when we become confident, we are assured. This is because God demonstrates {how much} he loves us by abundantly giving us the Holy Spirit deep within ourselves.6 In fact, at just the right time–while we were still {spiritually} incapacitated–{our Lord Jesus} the Messiah died for the sake of {us} impious people. 7 Indeed, rarely would someone consider dying for the sake of a person who is {in a} right {relationship} with God. Although possibly someone might even courageously consider dying for the sake of a good person. 8 But God demonstrates his own love towards we who are his people by this fact: while we were still sinful {our Lord Jesus} the Messiah died for our sake! 9 God already makes us right with himself because {our Lord Jesus} the Messiah sacrificially died {for our sake}. {If God already makes us right}, it is even more certain then, that God will save us when he {finally} judges {humanity}. It is through the Messiah {that God will save us}. 10 Indeed, while we were God’s enemies, God reconciled us with himself because his Son {Jesus} died for our sake. So then, since God reconciled us with himself–it is even more certain that he will save us because his {Son Jesus} resurrected {from death}. 11 Yet, these are not the only things {God does for us}. But, we also boast about God because of {what} our Lord Jesus the Messiah {does for us}. God has already reconciled us with himself because our Lord Jesus the Messiah {died for our sake}.
12 So then, one man caused sin to enter the world. As the one man sinned, {so people began} to die. This is also how death spread throughout the whole human race. Because of this, all people sin. 13 This is why people throughout the world sinned, even before {God gave his} law {to the Jews}. However, God did not legally regard it as sinning, since the law did not yet exist {to identify what it means to sin}. 14 However, death dominated from {the time of the first man} Adam until Moses{, who gave the Jews God's law}. Death even dominated over those people who did not sin by violating the same command God gave to Adam. Adam is a type of {God’s perfect} human who would come. 15 But God’s gracious gift does not exactly correspond to how Adam rejected {God’s command}. This is because the one man {Adam} rejected {God’s command}, so many people died. {But,} God even more showed how kind he is. God’s kind gift that comes because of the one man Jesus the Messiah extends to many people! 16 Yet, God’s gift does not come the same way as the one man {Adam} sinned. Indeed, it is certain that God judged the one man {Adam after he sinned}, causing God to condemn. But, God’s gracious gift after many people rejected {his commands}, causes God to make people right with himself. 17 Indeed, one man {Adam} rejected {God’s command}. Because of one man {Adam} death {now} dominates. But, those people who accept how abundantly kind God is and those people he makes right with himself {benefit} even more. Because of one man Jesus the Messiah, those people will dominate {death} and live eternally.
18 In summary, {Adam} wrongly rejected {God’s command}, causing God to condemn all humanity. In the same way, {Jesus the Messiah} rightly enacted {God’s command}, causing God to make all humanity right with himself, so that they can live {eternally}. 19 In fact, the one man {Adam} disobeyed {God’s command}, causing many people to become sinful. In the same way, the one man {Jesus the Messiah} obeyed {God’s command}, so God will cause many people to become right with himself. 20 Yet when {God} added {his} law, then people rejected {his commands} even more. But {even though} people began to sin even more, God exceedingly showed how kind he is! 21 Since death has spread throughout the whole human race, sin dominates {people’s lives}. So in the same way, God decided to make how kind he is dominate {people’s lives}. {God powerfully shows how kind he is} because our Lord Jesus the Messiah makes us right with God. Being right with God leads to eternal life.