Romans 5:1-12
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1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
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4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
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5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
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7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
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8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
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10 For 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.
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11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
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12 Wherefore, 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: