- 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.
KING JAMES VERSION
ROMANS 5
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Romans 5 — Justified believers have peace and hope through Christ, whose obedient gift overcomes Adam’s trespass so grace reigns unto eternal life.
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The divided landscape presents Paul’s Adam-and-Christ contrast, while the storm-worn travelers embody tribulation producing hope. Adam and Christ are not placed together as if in one historical scene, and the cross remains empty and non-graphic.
Scripture basis: Romans 5:1–21King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Late second or third century AD
Chester Beatty Papyrus II (P46)
The earliest surviving extensive codex of Paul's letters preserves eighty-six leaves, a distinctive order with Hebrews near the front, and enough missing final space to make claims about the Pastoral Epistles possible but unresolved.
Romans 5:17–21 · 1 Corinthians 1:1–9 · Hebrews 1:1–4
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
3rd to early 4th century AD
GA 0220: The Wyman Fragment of Romans 4-5
A Greek parchment leaf preserving Romans 4:23-5:3 and 5:8-13. One of the earliest physical witnesses to Paul's teaching on justification, peace with God, and Christ's death for sinners.
Romans 4:23–25 · Romans 5:1–3 · Romans 5:8–13
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
about AD 850-900
Codex Augiensis: A Greek-Latin Pauline Diglot
A Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of Paul's letters, probably copied at Reichenau and now at Trinity College Cambridge. Preserves the Pauline corpus in paired Greek and Latin and documents the Western transmission of Paul's letters.
Romans 5:1–11 · 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 · Ephesians 2:1–10
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Fourth century AD
Uncial 0221: Romans 5–6 on Adam, Grace, and Baptism
Uncial 0221: Romans 5–6 on Adam, Grace, and Baptism is the independently registered Greek New Testament witness GA 0221, controlled by its manuscript number, present shelfmark, physical form, and surviving biblical contents.
Romans 5:16–21 · Romans 6:1–3
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Second half of the sixth century AD, with a related early-seventh-century unit
Fragmenta Frisingensia: Old Latin Epistle Leaves
The Fragmenta Frisingensia are reused parchment leaves preserving Old Latin Pauline texts and later Latin material, offering rare physical evidence for epistle transmission and for the medieval recycling that accidentally saved it.
Romans 5:1–11 · 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 · Galatians 3:1–14
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