Vjera donosi radost
1Opravdani smo dakle u Božjim očima vjerom te pomireni s Bogom zbog onoga što je naš Gospodin Isus Krist za nas učinio. 2Zbog vjere u njega možemo pristupiti najvećoj milosti i radujemo se nadi Božje slave.
3Možemo se radovati i kad smo u nevolji jer znamo da je to za naše dobro—jača našu strpljivost. 4Strpljivost donosi prokušanost, a prokušanost nadu. 5Zbog tog se očekivanja nećemo postidjeti. Jer znamo da nas Bog silno ljubi—ulio je tu ljubav u naša srca po Svetom Duhu.
6Kad smo bili potpuno bespomoćni, Krist je došao u pravo vrijeme i umro za nas grešnike. 7Za dobra čovjeka malo bi tko bio voljan umrijeti, iako bi se za izvanredno dobra čovjeka možda i našao tko da za njega dade život. 8No Bog je pokazao svoju veliku ljubav prema nama time što je poslao Krista da umre za nas dok smo još bili grešnici. 9A kako smo mi u Božjim očima opravdani Kristovom krvlju, on će nas sigurno spasiti od Božjega suda. 10Jer kako nas je, dok smo još bili Božji neprijatelji, s njime pomirila smrt njegova Sina, tako će nas život njegova Sina sigurno osloboditi vječne kazne. 11Zato se sada možemo radovati svojemu novom odnosu prema Bogu—zato što nas je naš Gospodin Isus Krist pomirio s Bogom.
Adam je donio smrt, a Krist život
12Kad je Adam zgriješio, grijeh je ušao u sav ljudski rod. A budući da je taj Adamov grijeh donio smrt, smrt je prešla na sve ljude jer su svi zgriješili. 13Doista, ljudi su griješili i prije nego što su dobili Zakon. Ali iako još nije bilo Zakona koji bi kršili, 14svi su oni—od Adama do Mojsija—umrli iako nisu prekršili jasnu Božju zapovijed kao što je to Adam učinio. Kakve li razlike između Adama i Krista koji je tek trebao doći! 15Kako su različiti naši grijesi od Božjega milostivog dara! Jer taj jedan čovjek, Adam, svojim je grijehom mnogima donio smrt. Ali zato se na mnoge obilno izlila Božja milost oproštenja grijeha, darovana po jednome čovjeku—Isusu Kristu. 16S darom Božje milosti nije kao s posljedicama grijeha jednoga čovjeka—jer presuda nad Adamovim grijehom postala je osudom nad svima, a dar Božjega oproštenja nam je—nakon mnogih grijeha koje smo počinili—postao opravdanjem. 17Jer Adamovim je grijehom kroz jednog čovjeka nad nama zakraljila smrt, ali koji prime izobilni milosni dar pravednosti, živjet će u pobjedi nad grijehom i smrću—po jednome Čovjeku, Isusu Kristu. 18Prema tome, kao što je grijehom jednoga došla osuda na sve ljude, tako su pravednošću Jednoga na sve došli opravdanje i život. 19Baš kao što su zbog neposluha jednoga čovjeka mnogi postali grešnicima, tako će i zbog poslušnosti Jednoga mnogi postati pravednicima u Božjim očima. 20Božji je Zakon dan ljudima da se umnoži grijeh. Ali kako su ljudi sve više i više griješili, Božja divna milost sve se obilnije izlijevala. 21Baš kao što je grijeh nekada vladao nad svim ljudima i vodio ih u smrt, tako sada nad njima kraljuje Božja milost i opravdava ih pred Bogom da bi mogli imati vječni život po našemu Gospodinu Isusu Kristu.
1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
