⁵ And hope^(A) does not put us to shame, because God’s love^(B) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,^(C) who has been given to us.

⁶ You see, at just the right time,^(D) when we were still powerless,^(E) Christ died for the ungodly.^{(F) 7} Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^(G)

⁹ Since we have now been justified^(H) by his blood,^(I) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath^(J) through him! ¹⁰ For if, while we were God’s enemies,^(K) we were reconciled^(L) to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!^{(M) 11} Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.^(N)