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Romans 5

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Romans 5 . 1

1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:1TTJoshua (Leader into Rest) · Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God)

Romans 5 . 2

2 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.CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:2

Romans 5 . 3

3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:3TTWilderness Testing (Faith Through Trial)

Romans 5 . 4

4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:4

Romans 5 . 5

5 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. Romans 5:5IPIsaiah 28:16CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:5

Romans 5 . 6

6 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:6

Romans 5 . 7

7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:7

Romans 5 . 8

8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:8

Romans 5 . 9

9 Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:9TTCities of Refuge (Safety in Christ)

Romans 5 . 10

10 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!CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:10

Romans 5 . 11

11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.CRomans 05:1-11TOSKRomans 5:11

Romans 5 . 12

12 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.IPGenesis 3:6CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:12TTAdam (The First and Last Adam) · Image of God (Priestly Vocation) · Israel (Corporate New-Adam)

Romans 5 . 13

13 For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:13

Romans 5 . 14

14 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.IPGenesis 3CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:14

Romans 5 . 15

15 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!CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:15

Romans 5 . 16

16 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.CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:16

Romans 5 . 17

17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:17

Romans 5 . 18

18 So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:18

Romans 5 . 19

19 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.IPIsaiah 53:11CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:19

Romans 5 . 20

20 The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:20

Romans 5 . 21

21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.CRomans 05:12-21TOSKRomans 5:21

In the wider web13 threads

Intertextuality Pairs

Allusions Romans 5:12 → Genesis 3:6, Romans 5:14 → Genesis 3, Romans 5:19 → Isaiah 53:11

Echoes Romans 5:5 → Isaiah 28:16

Trajectories

Adam (The First and Last Adam), Cities of Refuge (Safety in Christ), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), Israel (Corporate New-Adam), Joshua (Leader into Rest), Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God), Wilderness Testing (Faith Through Trial)

Chiasms

Shaped Romans 05:1–11, Romans 05:12–21