1 H aving been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Now that we have been made right with God by putting our trust in Him, we have peace with Him. It is because of what our Lord Jesus Christ did for us.

2 t hrough 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.

By putting our trust in God, He has given us His loving-favor and has received us. We are happy for the hope we have of sharing the shining-greatness of God.

3 A nd not only, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

We are glad for our troubles also. We know that troubles help us learn not to give up.

4 a nd the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

When we have learned not to give up, it shows we have stood the test. When we have stood the test, it gives us hope.

5 a nd 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.

Hope never makes us ashamed because the love of God has come into our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who was given to us.

6 F or in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;

We were weak and could not help ourselves. Then Christ came at the right time and gave His life for all sinners.

7 f or scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;

No one is willing to die for another person, but for a good man someone might be willing to die.

8 a nd God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

But God showed His love to us. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

9 m uch more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath;

Now that we have been saved from the punishment of sin by the blood of Christ, He will save us from God’s anger also.

10 f or 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.

We hated God. But we were saved from the punishment of sin by the death of Christ. He has brought us back to God and we will be saved by His life.

11 A nd not only, but we are also boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we did receive the reconciliation;

Not only that, we give thanks to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him we have been brought back to God.

12 b ecause 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;

This is what happened: Sin came into the world by one man, Adam. Sin brought death with it. Death spread to all men because all have sinned.

13 f or till law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

Sin was in the world before the Law was given. But sin is not held against a person when there is no Law.

14 b ut 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.

And yet death had power over men from the time of Adam until the time of Moses. Even the power of death was over those who had not sinned in the same way Adam sinned. Adam was like the One Who was to come.

15 B ut, not as the offence so also 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;

God’s free gift is not like the sin of Adam. Many people died because of the sin of this one man, Adam. But the loving-favor of God came to many people also. This gift came also by one Man Jesus Christ, God’s Son.

16 a nd not as through one who did sin the free gift, for the judgment indeed of one to condemnation, but the gift of many offences to a declaration of `Righteous,'

The free gift of God is not like Adam’s sin. God told Adam he was guilty because of his sin and through this one came sin and guilt. But the free gift makes men right with God. Through One, Christ, men’s sins are forgiven.

17 f or 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.

The power of death was over all men because of the sin of one man, Adam. But many people will receive His loving-favor and the gift of being made right with God. They will have power in life by Jesus Christ.

18 S o, then, as through one offence to all men to condemnation, so also through one declaration of `Righteous' to all men to justification of life;

Through Adam’s sin, death and hell came to all men. But another Man, Christ, by His right act makes men free and gives them life.

19 f or 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.

Adam did not obey God, and many people become sinners through him. Christ obeyed God and makes many people right with Himself.

20 A nd law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,

Sin spread when the Law was given. But where sin spread, God’s loving-favor spread all the more.

21 t hat 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.

Sin had power that ended in death. Now, God’s loving-favor has power to make men right with Himself. It gives life that lasts forever. Our Lord Jesus Christ did this for us.