Romans 5

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¹Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ✦ ²through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ✦ ³And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; ✦ ⁴and perseverance, character; and character, hope. ✦ ⁵Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. ✦ ⁶For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. ✦ ⁷For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. ✦ ⁸But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ✦ ⁹Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. ✦ ¹⁰For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. ✦ ¹¹And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. ✦ ¹²Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— ✦ ¹³(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. ✦ ¹⁴Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. ✦ ¹⁵But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. ✦ ¹⁶And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. ✦ ¹⁷For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) ✦ ¹⁸Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. ✦ ¹⁹For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. ✦ ²⁰Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, ✦ ²¹so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ✦

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Rom 5 ·30 Rom 8 ·16 Rom 3 ·10 Rom 6 ·10 Rom 4 ·9 Eph 2 ·9 1 Cor 15 ·7 John 10 ·6

Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

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SermonGrace to You — John MacArthurJohn MacArthur · Free · reformed
Decades of careful verse-by-verse expository sermons, especially through the New Testament. (MacArthur, d. 2025; archive remains free.)
SermonGospel in Life — Tim KellerTim Keller · Free · reformed
Tim Keller's gospel-centered preaching — sermons stream free (the complete downloadable archive is paid).
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VideoBibleProject — Romans videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
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CommentaryEnduring Word — Romans 5David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on RomansMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
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