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Results of Justification

^1 (C1)Therefore, since we have been justified that is, acquitted of sin, declared blameless before God by faith, let us grasp the fact that ^(C2)we have peace with God and the joy of reconciliation with Him through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).² Through Him we also have ^(C1)access by faith into this remarkable state of grace ^(C2)in which we firmly and safely and securely stand. Let us rejoice in our ^(F1)hope and the confident assurance of experiencing and enjoying the glory of our great God the manifestation of His excellence and power.^3 (C1)And not only this, but with joy let us ^(C2)exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces ^(C3)patient endurance;⁴ and ^(C1)endurance, ^(C2)proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance of eternal salvation.⁵ Such hope in God's promises ^(C1)never disappoints us, because God's love has been ^(C2)abundantly poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

⁶ While we were still ^(C1)helpless powerless to provide for our salvation, ^(C2)at the right time ^(C3)Christ died as a substitute for the ungodly.⁷ Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a good man one who is noble and selfless and worthy someone might even dare to die.⁸ But God ^(C1)clearly shows and proves ^(C2)His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, ^(C3)Christ died for us.⁹ Therefore, since we have now been justified declared free of the guilt of sin ^(C1)by His blood, how much more certain is it that we will be saved ^(C2)from the ^(F1)wrath of God through Him.¹⁰ For if while we were ^(C1)enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved from the consequences of sin ^(C2)by His life that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today.^11 (C1)Not only that, but we also rejoice in God rejoicing in His love and perfection through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received and enjoy ^(C2)our reconciliation with God. ^(VR1)

¹² Therefore, just as ^(C1)sin came into the world through one man, and ^(C2)death through sin, ^(C3)so death spread to all people no one being able to stop it or escape its power, because they all sinned.¹³ Sin was committed in the world before the Law was given, but ^(C1)sin is not charged against anyone when there is no law against it.¹⁴ Yet death ruled over mankind from Adam to Moses the Lawgiver, even over those who had not sinned ^(F1)(C1)as Adam did. Adam is a ^(C2)type of Him (Christ) who was to come but in reverse—Adam brought destruction, Christ brought salvation. ^(VR1)

¹⁵ But the free gift of God is not like the trespass because the gift of grace overwhelms the fall of man. For if ^(C1)many died by ^(C2)one man's trespass Adam's sin, much more abundantly did God's ^(C3)grace and the gift that comes by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to benefit the many.¹⁶ Nor is the gift of grace like that which came through the one who sinned. For on the one hand ^(C1)the judgment following the sin resulted from one trespass and brought condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift resulted from many trespasses and brought justification the release from sin's penalty for those who believe.¹⁷ For if by the trespass of the one (Adam), death reigned ^(C1)through the one (Adam), much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness ^(C2)reign in eternal life through the One, Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ So then as through ^(C1)one trespass Adam's sin there resulted condemnation for all men, even so through one ^(C2)act of righteousness there resulted ^(C3)justification of life to ^(F1)all men.¹⁹ For just as through one man's disobedience his failure to hear, his carelessness ^(C1)the many ^(C2)were made sinners, so through the ^(C3)obedience of the one Man ^(C1)the many will be made righteous and acceptable to God and brought into right standing with Him.^20 (C1)But the Law came to increase and expand the awareness of the trespass by defining and unmasking sin. But where sin increased, God's remarkable, gracious gift of ^(C2)grace His unmerited favor has surpassed it and increased all the more,²¹ so that, as ^(C1)sin reigned in death, so also ^(C2)grace would reign through righteousness which brings eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.