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Andhopemakethnotashamed; because the love of God is shed abroadinourheartsby the HolyGhostwhich is given unto us.
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For when wewereyet without strength, in duetime[a]Christdiedfor the ungodly.
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Forscarcelyfor a righteous manwillonedie: yetperadventurefor a good mansomewouldevendare to die.
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ButGodcommendethhislovetowardus, in that, while wewereyetsinners,Christdiedforus.
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Muchmorethen,beingnowjustifiedbyhisblood, we shall be savedfromwraththroughhim.
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Forif, when we wereenemies, we were reconciled to Godby the death of hisSon,muchmore, being reconciled, we shall be savedbyhislife.
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Andnotonly so, but we alsojoyinGodthroughourLordJesusChrist,bywhom we havenowreceived the atonement.[b]
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Wherefore*, asbyonemansinenteredinto the world,anddeathbysin;andsodeathpasseduponallmen,forthat[c]all have sinned:
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(For until the lawsinwasin the world:butsinisnotimputed when there isnolaw.
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NeverthelessdeathreignedfromAdamtoMoses,evenover them that hadnotsinnedafter the similitude of Adam'stransgression,whois the figure of him that was to come.
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Butnotas the offence,soalso is the free gift.Forif through the offence of onemany be dead, muchmore the grace of God,and the giftbygrace, which is by oneman,JesusChrist, hath aboundeduntomany.
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Andnotas it was byone that sinned, so is the gift:forthejudgment was byonetocondemnation,but the free gift is ofmanyoffences untojustification.
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Forif by one man's[d]offencedeathreignedbyone;muchmore they which receiveabundance of graceand of the gift of righteousness shall reigninlifebyone,Jesus Christ.)
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Therefore*asby the offence[e] of one judgment came uponallmentocondemnation;evensoby the righteousness of one the free gift came uponallmen untojustification of life.
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Forasbyoneman'sdisobediencemany were madesinners,so*by the obedience of oneshallmany be maderighteous.
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Moreover the lawentered, that the offence might abound. Butwheresinabounded, grace did much more abound: