1 Therefore being justified by
faith, we have peace with
God, through our Lord Jesus
Christ,
2 who has given us
access by faith to that degree
of favour, we are in, by
which we triumph in the hopes
of divine glory.
3 and not only
so, but we triumph in tribulation
also, knowing that tribulation
worketh patience;
and patience, probation;
4 and
probation, hope:
5 now hope
will not deceive us, because the
love of God is diffused thro'
our hearts, by the holy spirit
which is given to us;
6 for at
the appointed time Christ died
-- --
for us, when we were in a
helpless, sinful state.
7 now
for a wicked man no one
would willingly die; but for
a benefactor some have readily
offer'd to die.
8 but herein
hath God displayed his love
towards us, in that Christ
died for us, even while we
were yet sinners.
9 much more
then being now justified by his
blood, shall we thro' him be
delivered from the wrath to
come.
10 for if, when we were
enemies, we were reconciled
to God by the death of his
son: much more being reconciled,
shall we be saved by his
life.
11 and not only so, but we
have present joy in God,
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom we have now obtained
the reconciliation.
12 Wherefore, as by one man
sin entered into the world, so
death by this sin; and thereby
death passed upon all men,
who all by his means became
mortal.
13 sin indeed was in
the world all the time before
the law: but then sin is not
punished when there is no
law.
14 nevertheless death reigned
from Adam to Moses, even
over those who had not
sinned by violating a positive
law, as did Adam, who is
15 the type of him that was to
come: but yet the damage of
the fall does not exactly correspond
-- --
to the advantages of
the divine favour: for tho'
through the fall of one, mankind
became mortal, yet this
is greatly over-ballanced by
the favour and bounty of God,
in the benevolence of one man,
Jesus Christ, to all mankind.
16 neither is the gift, as was the
fall by one sin: for the sentence
of condemnation, was
for one offence; but the divine
favour extends to justification
from a multitude of sins.
17 for
tho' death reigned thro' the
single offence of one, they who
receive the most valuable favour,
even the gift of righteousness,
shall much more easily
reign by the life of one,
even Jesus Christ.
18 Therefore as by one offence
all men fell under condemnation:
even so by one act of
righteousness, all men are
restored to life.
19 for as by one
man's disobedience many receiv'd
the punishment of sinners,
so by the obedience of one
shall many receive the reward
of the righteous.
20 the law was
introduc'd, that the greatness
of the fall might fully appear;
but the more sin display'd its
enormity, the divine favour
was so much the more transcendent.
21 that as sin prevailed
unto death, even so might the
divine favour prevail by righteousness
-- --
unto eternal life,
thro' Jesus Christ our Lord.
Mace [1729], THE NEW TESTAMENT IN Greek and English. Containing the ORIGINAL TEXT Corrected from the Authority of the most Authentic Manuscripts: AND A NEW VERSION Form'd agreeably to the Illustrations of the most Learned Commentators and Critics: WITH NOTES and VARIOUS READINGS, AND A Copious Alphabetical Index (Printed for J. ROBERTS [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B11200].