Romans 5

Romans chapter 5 begins by declaring that being justified by faith, believers have peace with God through Jesus Christ and access to grace, rejoicing in the hope of God's glory. It further explains that God demonstrated His love by sending Christ to die for us while we were yet sinners and enemies. The chapter then contrasts Adam's transgression, which brought sin and death to all, with Christ's obedience, which brings justification and life to many.

The chapter opens by establishing that justification by faith grants believers peace with God and access into His grace through Jesus Christ, leading to rejoicing in the hope of God's glory. It teaches that tribulations also lead to glory, as they produce patience, experience, and hope, which does not disappoint because God's love is poured into our hearts by the Holy Ghost. Paul emphasizes God's profound love, stating that Christ died for the ungodly and for us while we were still sinners and enemies, thereby reconciling us to God. This reconciliation assures our salvation from wrath through Christ's life. The chapter then draws a parallel between Adam and Christ, explaining that just as sin and death entered the world through one man's offense, so too does grace and justification unto life abound through the righteousness of one man, Jesus Christ, ultimately showing that where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.

Romans chapter 5 commences by asserting that through faith, believers are justified and thereby gain peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. This justification also grants access into the grace in which they stand, enabling them to rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Furthermore, the apostle teaches that believers can glory in tribulations, understanding that suffering cultivates patience, which in turn produces experience, and experience fosters hope. This hope, he assures, does not make one ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. The chapter then underscores the immense nature of God's love, highlighting that Christ died for the ungodly when humanity was without strength, a sacrifice far exceeding human willingness to die even for a righteous or good person. God's love is commended in that Christ died for us while we were yet sinners and enemies, leading to reconciliation with God through His death. This reconciliation guarantees that, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life, and we joy in God through Christ, by whom we have received the atonement. A significant theological comparison is then drawn between Adam and Christ: just as sin entered the world through one man, Adam, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men because all have sinned. This reign of death occurred even before the law, demonstrating that Adam was a figure of Him that was to come. However, the free gift of grace through Christ is not like Adam's offense; for if many died through one man's offense, much more has the grace of God and the gift by grace abounded unto many through Jesus Christ. Unlike the judgment from one offense leading to condemnation, the free gift through Christ leads to justification from many offenses. Therefore, as one man's offense brought condemnation to all, so one man's righteousness brings justification of life to all. Just as Adam's disobedience made many sinners, Christ's obedience makes many righteous. The law entered to make the offense abound, but ultimately, where sin abounded, grace did much more abound, ensuring that as sin reigned unto death, grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.