Romans · Young's Literal Translation
Romans 5 Young's Literal Translation
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1◆ Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
2 through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.
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.
3 And not only [so], but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;
3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
4 and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;
4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
5 and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.
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.
6 For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;
6 For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;
7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.
8 and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;
8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath;
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
10 for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.
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.
11 And not only [so], but we are also boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we did receive the reconciliation;
11 Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
12 because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;
12 Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.
13 for till law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;
13 For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.
14 but the death did reign from Adam till Moses, even upon those not having sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of him who is coming.
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.
15 But, not as the offence so also [is] the free gift; for if by the offence of the one the many did die, much more did the grace of God, and the free gift in grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many;
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.
16 and not as through one who did sin [is] the free gift, for the judgment indeed [is] of one to condemnation, but the gift [is] of many offences to a declaration of 'Righteous,'
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.
17 for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one — Jesus Christ.
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.
18 So, then, as through one offence to all men [it is] to condemnation, so also through one declaration of 'Righteous' [it is] to all men to justification of life;
18 So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.
19 for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.
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.
20 And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,
20 The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,
21 that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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)