| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: | 1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah. |
| 2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. | 2Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace by which we have been established, and we boast because of our hope in God's glory. |
| 3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; | 3Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, |
| 4And patience, experience; and experience, hope: | 4endurance produces character, and character produces hope. |
| 5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. | 5Now this hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. |
| 6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. | 6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, the Messiah died for the ungodly. |
| 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. | 7For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person. |
| 8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. | 8But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that the Messiah died for us while we were still sinners. |
| 9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. | 9Now that we have been justified by his blood, how much more will we be saved from wrath through him! |
| 10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. | 10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life! |
| 11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. | 11Not only that, but we also continue to boast about God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we have now been reconciled. |
| 12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: | 12Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death resulted from sin, therefore everyone dies, because everyone has sinned. |
| 13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. | 13Certainly sin was in the world before the Law was given, but no record of sin is kept when there is no Law. |
| 14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. | 14Nevertheless, death ruled from the time of Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the same way Adam did when he disobeyed. He is a foreshadowing of the one who would come. |
| 15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. | 15But God's free gift is not like Adam's offense. For if many people died as the result of one man's offense, how much more have God's grace and the free gift given through the kindness of one man, Jesus the Messiah, been showered on many people! |
| 16And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. | 16Nor can the free gift be compared to what came through the man who sinned. For the sentence that followed one man's offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift brought justification, even after many offenses. |
| 17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) | 17For if, through one man, death ruled because of that man's offense, how much more will those who receive such overflowing grace and the gift of righteousness rule in life because of one man, Jesus the Messiah! |
| 18Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. | 18Consequently, just as one offense resulted in condemnation for everyone, so one act of righteousness results in justification and life for everyone. |
| 19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. | 19For just as through one man's disobedience many people were made sinners, so also through one man's obedience many people will be made righteous. |
| 20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: | 20Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more, |
| 21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. | 21so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death, so also grace might rule by bringing justification that results in eternal life through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord. |
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