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1◆ Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 JUSTIFICADOS pues por la fe, tenemos paz para con Dios por medio de nuestro Señor Jesucristo:
2 For through him we also have access by faith to this grace, in which we stand firm, and to glory, in the hope of the glory of the sons of God.
2 Por el cual también tenemos entrada por la fe á esta gracia en la cual estamos [firmes], y nos gloriamos en la esperanza de la gloria de Dios.
3 And not only that, but we also find glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation exercises patience,
3 Y no sólo esto, mas aun nos gloriamos en las tribulaciones, sabiendo que la tribulación produce paciencia;
4 and patience leads to proving, yet truly proving leads to hope,
4 Y la paciencia, prueba; y la prueba, esperanza;
5 but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
5 Y la esperanza no avergüenza; porque el amor de Dios está derramado en nuestros corazones por el Espíritu Santo que nos es dado.
6 Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious?
6 Porque Cristo, cuando aun éramos flacos, á su tiempo murió por los impíos.
7 Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man.
7 Ciertamente apenas muere alguno por un justo: con todo podrá ser que alguno osara morir por el bueno.
8 But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,
8 Mas Dios encarece su caridad para con nosotros, porque siendo aún pecadores, Cristo murió por nosotros.
9 Christ died for us. Therefore, having been justified now by his blood, all the more so shall we be saved from wrath through him.
9 Luego mucho más ahora, justificados en su sangre, por él seremos salvos de la ira.
10 For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
10 Porque si siendo enemigos, fuimos reconciliados con Dios por la muerte de su Hijo, mucho más, estando reconciliados, seremos salvos por su vida.
11 And not only that, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
11 Y no sólo esto, mas aun nos gloriamos en Dios por el Señor nuestro Jesucristo, por el cual hemos ahora recibido la reconciliación.
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into this world, and through sin, death; so also death was transferred to all men, to all who have sinned.
12 De consiguiente, [vino la reconciliación por uno], así como el pecado entró en el mundo por un hombre, y por el pecado la muerte, y la muerte así pasó á todos los hombres, pues que todos pecaron.
13 For even before the law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed while the law did not exist.
13 Porque hasta la ley, el pecado estaba en el mundo; pero no se imputa pecado no habiendo ley.
14 Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even in those who have not sinned, in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come.
14 No obstante, reinó la muerte desde Adam hasta Moisés, aun en los que no pecaron á la manera de la rebelión de Adam; el cual es figura del que había de venir.
15 But the gift is not entirely like the offense. For though by the offense of one, many died, yet much more so, by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, has the grace and gift of God abounded to many.
15 Mas no como el delito, tal fué el don: porque si por el delito de aquel uno murieron los muchos, mucho más abundó la gracia de Dios á los muchos, y el don por la gracia de un hombre, Jesucristo.
16 And the sin through one is not entirely like the gift. For certainly, the judgment of one was unto condemnation, but the grace toward many offenses is unto justification.
16 Ni tampoco de la manera que por un pecado, [así] también el don: porque el juicio á la verdad [vino] de un [pecado] para condenación, mas la gracia [vino] de muchos delitos para justificación.
17 For though, by the one offense, death reigned through one, yet so much more so shall those who receive an abundance of grace, both of the gift and of justice, reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.
17 Porque, si por un delito reinó la muerte por uno, mucho más reinarán en vida por un Jesucristo los que reciben la abundancia de la gracia, y del don de la justicia.
18 Therefore, just as through the offense of one, all men fell under condemnation, so also through the justice of one, all men fall under justification unto life.
18 Así que, de la manera que por un delito [vino la culpa] á todos los hombres para condenación, así por una justicia [vino la gracia] á todos los hombres para justificación de vida.
19 For, just as through the disobedience of one man, many were established as sinners, so also through the obedience of one man, many shall be established as just.
19 Porque como por la desobediencia de un hombre los muchos fueron constituídos pecadores, así por la obediencia de uno los muchos serán constituídos justos.
20 Now the law entered in such a way that offenses would abound. But where offenses were abundant, grace was superabundant.
20 La ley empero entró para que el pecado creciese; mas cuando el pecado creció, sobrepujó la gracia;
21 So then, just as sin has reigned unto death, so also may grace reign through justice unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
21 Para que, de la manera que el pecado reinó para muerte, así también la gracia reine por la justicia para vida eterna por Jesucristo Señor nuestro.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 32:17; John 16:33; Romans 15:13; Colossians 1:20; Acts 13:38–39
- 2 Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 3:12; Romans 12:12; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 Peter 3:18
- 3 James 1:2–3; James 1:12; 1 Peter 3:14; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; 2 Corinthians 4:17
- 4 1 Peter 5:10; James 1:12; 2 Corinthians 4:8–12; 2 Timothy 4:16–18; 1 Peter 1:6–7
- 5 Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 3:16–19; Philippians 1:20; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 1:22
- 6 Ephesians 2:1–5; Romans 5:8; Colossians 2:13; Titus 3:3–5; Romans 5:10
- 7 John 15:13; 1 John 3:16; Romans 16:4; Acts 11:24; Psalm 112:5
- 8 John 15:13; John 3:16; Romans 5:6; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 John 4:9–10
- 9 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Romans 8:1; Ephesians 2:13; Romans 3:24–26; John 5:24
- 10 2 Corinthians 5:18–19; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11; Romans 8:32; Colossians 1:20–21; Hebrews 7:25
- 11 2 Corinthians 5:18–19; Romans 5:10; Isaiah 61:10; Habakkuk 3:17–18; Philippians 4:4
- 12 1 Corinthians 15:21–22; Romans 5:19; Romans 6:23; Romans 3:23; James 1:15
- 13 Romans 4:15; 1 Corinthians 15:56; 1 John 3:4; Genesis 4:7–11; Genesis 38:10
- 14 1 Corinthians 15:45; Hebrews 9:27; Romans 5:17; Genesis 7:22; Romans 8:22
- 15 Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 6:23; 1 John 5:11; 2 Corinthians 9:15
- 16 Acts 13:38–39; Isaiah 44:22; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 43:25; 1 Corinthians 11:32
- 17 1 Corinthians 15:21–22; 1 Corinthians 15:49; Romans 5:12; John 10:10; 2 Timothy 2:12
- 18 1 Corinthians 15:22; Romans 5:12; Romans 5:15; Acts 13:39; Romans 5:19
- 19 Romans 5:18; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:8; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 1:6
- 20 Romans 6:1; Titus 3:3–7; Psalm 25:11; Romans 6:14; Galatians 3:19–25
- 21 Titus 2:11; Romans 6:14; Romans 5:14; John 1:16–17; Romans 8:10
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Why does my Bible say something different?
- Romans 5:1: “we have peace” or “let us have peace”?
Most English Bibles read “being justified by faith, we have peace with God.” The Douay-Rheims reads “let us have peace.” The difference in Greek is a single vowel, echomen or echōmen, which sounded alike when read aloud. The oldest manuscripts mostly favour “let us have,” but most scholars and the Patriarchal Text read “we have.” The teaching of the passage is the same either way.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
As the best physicians always take great pains to discover the source of diseases, and go to the very fountain of the mischief, so doth the blessed Paul also.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
Concurring with these statements, Paul, speaking to the Romans, declares: "Much more they who receive abundance of grace and righteousness for [eternal] life, shall reign by one, Christ Jesus." It follows from this, that he knew nothing of that Christ who flew away from Jesus; nor did he of the Saviour above, whom they hold to be impassible.
… not then my friend, nor, indeed, afterwards, as true friendship is; for true it is not but in such as Thou bindest together, cleaving unto Thee by that love which is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us. But yet it was too sweet, being ripened by the fervour of similar studies.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
"For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved." "But this way," it will be said, "is strait and narrow." Well, but the former, through which thou hast come, is not strait and narrow only, but even impassable, and full of savage wild beasts.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Moreover one man's sin, even Adam's, had power to bring death to the world; but if by the trespass of the one death reigned over the world, how shall not life much rather reign by the righteousness of the One?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)