Romans · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Romans 5 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
1 Δικαιωθέντες οὖν ἐκ πίστεως εἰρήνην ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
2 διά του οποίου ελάβομεν και την είσοδον διά της πίστεως εις την χάριν ταύτην, εις την οποίαν ιστάμεθα και καυχώμεθα εις την ελπίδα της δόξης του Θεού.
2 through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
2 δι᾽ οὗ καὶ τὴν προσαγωγὴν ἐσχήκαμεν τῇ πίστει εἰς τὴν χάριν ταύτην ἐν ᾗ ἑστήκαμεν, καὶ καυχώμεθα ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ.
3 Και ουχί μόνον τούτο, αλλά και καυχώμεθα εις τας θλίψεις, γινώσκοντες ότι θλίψις εργάζεται υπομονήν,
3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
3 οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ καυχώμεθα ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσιν, εἰδότες ὅτι ἡ θλῖψις ὑπομονὴν κατεργάζεται,
4 η δε υπομονή δοκιμήν, η δε δοκιμή ελπίδα,
4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
4 ἡ δὲ ὑπομονὴ δοκιμήν, ἡ δὲ δοκιμὴ ἐλπίδα,
5 η δε ελπίς δεν καταισχύνει, διότι αγάπη του Θεού είναι εκκεχυμένη εν ταις καρδίαις ημών διά Πνεύματος Αγίου του δοθέντος εις ημάς.
5 and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
5 ἡ δὲ ἐλπὶς οὐ καταισχύνει, ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκκέχυται ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν διὰ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου τοῦ δοθέντος ἡμῖν.
6 Επειδή ο Χριστός, ότε ήμεθα έτι ασθενείς, απέθανε κατά τον ωρισμένον καιρόν υπέρ των ασεβών.
6 For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
6 ἔτι γὰρ Χριστὸς ὄντων ἡμῶν ἀσθενῶν κατὰ καιρὸν ὑπὲρ ἀσεβῶν ἀπέθανε.
7 Διότι μόλις υπέρ δικαίου θέλει αποθάνει τις· επειδή υπέρ του αγαθού ίσως και τολμά τις να αποθάνη·
7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.
7 μόλις γὰρ ὑπὲρ δικαίου τις ἀποθανεῖται· ὑπὲρ γὰρ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ τάχα τις καὶ τολμᾷ ἀποθανεῖν.
8 αλλ' ο Θεός δεικνύει την εαυτού αγάπην εις ημάς, διότι ενώ ημείς ήμεθα έτι αμαρτωλοί, ο Χριστός απέθανεν υπέρ ημών.
8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
8 συνίστησι δὲ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀγάπην εἰς ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεός, ὅτι ἔτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄντων ἡμῶν Χριστὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανε.
9 Πολλώ μάλλον λοιπόν αφού εδικαιώθημεν τώρα διά του αίματος αυτού, θέλομεν σωθή από της οργής δι' αυτού.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
9 πολλῷ οὖν μᾶλλον δικαιωθέντες νῦν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ σωθησόμεθα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς.
10 Διότι εάν εχθροί όντες εφιλιώθημεν με τον Θεόν διά του θανάτου του Υιού αυτού, πολλώ, μάλλον φιλιωθέντες θέλομεν σωθή διά της ζωής αυτού·
10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
10 εἰ γὰρ ἐχθροὶ ὄντες κατηλλάγημεν τῷ Θεῷ διὰ τοῦ θανάτου τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, πολλῷ μᾶλλον καταλλαγέντες σωθησόμεθα ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ·
11 και ουχί μόνον τούτο, αλλά και καυχώμενοι εις τον Θεόν διά του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού, διά του οποίου ελάβομεν τώρα την φιλίωσιν.
11 Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
11 οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ καυχώμενοι ἐν τῷ Θεῷ διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι᾽ οὗ νῦν τὴν καταλλαγὴν ἐλάβομεν.
12 Διά τούτο καθώς δι' ενός ανθρώπου η αμαρτία εισήλθεν εις τον κόσμον και διά της αμαρτίας ο θάνατος, και ούτω διήλθεν ο θάνατος εις πάντας ανθρώπους, επειδή πάντες ήμαρτον·
12 Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.
12 Διὰ τοῦτο ὥσπερ δι᾽ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσῆλθε καὶ διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ θάνατος, καὶ οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὁ θάνατος διῆλθεν, ἐφ᾽ ᾧ πάντες ἥμαρτον· —
13 διότι μέχρι του νόμου ήτο εν τω κόσμω η αμαρτία, αμαρτία όμως δεν λογίζεται όταν δεν ήναι νόμος·
13 For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.
13 ἄχρι γὰρ νόμου ἁμαρτία ἦν ἐν κόσμῳ, ἁμαρτία δὲ οὐκ ἐλλογεῖται μὴ ὄντος νόμου·
14 αλλ' εβασίλευσεν ο θάνατος από Αδάμ μέχρι Μωϋσέως και επί τους μη αμαρτήσαντας κατά την ομοιότητα της παραβάσεως του Αδάμ, όστις είναι τύπος του μέλλοντος.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
14 ἀλλ᾽ ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ θάνατος ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ μέχρι Μωϋσέως καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς μὴ ἁμαρτήσαντας ἐπὶ τῷ ὁμοιώματι τῆς παραβάσεως Ἀδάμ, ὅς ἐστι τύπος τοῦ μέλλοντος.
15 Πλην δεν είναι καθώς το αμάρτημα, ούτω και το χάρισμα· διότι αν διά το αμάρτημα του ενός απέθανον οι πολλοί, πολύ περισσότερον η χάρις του Θεού και η δωρεά διά της χάριτος του ενός ανθρώπου Ιησού Χριστού επερίσσευσεν εις τους πολλούς.
15 But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
15 Ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὡς τὸ παράπτωμα, οὕτω καὶ τὸ χάρισμα. εἰ γὰρ τῷ τοῦ ἑνὸς παραπτώματι οἱ πολλοὶ ἀπέθανον, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἡ δωρεὰ ἐν χάριτι [τῇ] τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐπερίσσευσε.
16 Και η δωρεά δεν είναι καθώς η δι' ενός αμαρτήσαντος γενομένη κατάκρισις· διότι η κρίσις εκ του ενός έγεινεν εις κατάκρισιν των πολλών, το δε χάρισμα εκ πολλών αμαρτημάτων έγεινεν εις δικαίωσιν.
16 The gift is not as through one who sinned; for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift followed many trespasses to justification.
16 καὶ οὐχ ὡς δι᾽ ἑνὸς ἁμαρτήσαντος τὸ δώρημα· τὸ μὲν γὰρ κρῖμα ἐξ ἑνὸς εἰς κατάκριμα, τὸ δὲ χάρισμα ἐκ πολλῶν παραπτωμάτων εἰς δικαίωμα.
17 Διότι αν και διά το αμάρτημα του ενός ο θάνατος εβασίλευσε διά του ενός, πολύ περισσότερον οι λαμβάνοντες την αφθονίαν της χάριτος και της δωρεάς της δικαιοσύνης θέλουσι βασιλεύσει εν ζωή διά του ενός Ιησού Χριστού.
17 For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
17 εἰ γὰρ τῷ τοῦ ἑνὸς παραπτώματι ὁ θάνατος ἐβασίλευσε διὰ τοῦ ἑνός, πολλῷ μᾶλλον οἱ τὴν περισσείαν τῆς χάριτος καὶ τῆς δωρεᾶς τῆς δικαιοσύνης λαμβάνοντες ἐν ζωῇ βασιλεύσουσι διὰ τοῦ ἑνὸς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
18 Καθώς λοιπόν δι' ενός αμαρτήματος ήλθε κατάκρισις εις πάντας ανθρώπους, ούτω και διά μιας δικαιοσύνης ήλθεν εις πάντας ανθρώπους δικαίωσις εις ζωήν.
18 So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.
18 Ἄρα οὖν ὡς δι᾽ ἑνὸς παραπτώματος εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἰς κατάκριμα, οὕτω καὶ δι᾽ ἑνὸς δικαιώματος εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἰς δικαίωσιν ζωῆς.
19 Διότι καθώς διά της παρακοής του ενός ανθρώπου οι πολλοί κατεστάθησαν αμαρτωλοί, ούτω και διά της υπακοής του ενός οι πολλοί θέλουσι κατασταθή δίκαιοι.
19 For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
19 ὥσπερ γὰρ διὰ τῆς παρακοῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἁμαρτωλοὶ κατεστάθησαν οἱ πολλοί, οὕτω καὶ διὰ τῆς ὑπακοῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς δίκαιοι κατασταθήσονται οἱ πολλοί.
20 Παρεισήλθε δε ο νόμος διά να περισσεύση το αμάρτημα. Και όπου επερίσσευσεν η αμαρτία, υπερεπερίσσευσεν η χάρις,
20 The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,
20 νόμος δὲ παρεισῆλθεν ἵνα πλεονάσῃ τὸ παράπτωμα. οὗ δὲ ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία, ὑπερεπερίσσευσεν ἡ χάρις,
21 ίνα καθώς εβασίλευσεν η αμαρτία διά του θανάτου, ούτω και η χάρις βασιλεύση διά της δικαιοσύνης εις ζωήν αιώνιον διά Ιησού Χριστού του Κυρίου ημών.
21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
21 ἵνα ὥσπερ ἐβασίλευσεν ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ, οὕτω καὶ ἡ χάρις βασιλεύσῃ διὰ δικαιοσύνης εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν.
Cross references (21)
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- 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)