Romanos 5
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
A justificação pela fé e paz com Deus
5 Sendo, pois, justificados pela fé, temos paz com Deus por nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo; 2 pelo qual também temos entrada pela fé a esta graça, na qual estamos firmes; e nos gloriamos na esperança da glória de Deus. 3 E não somente isto, mas também nos gloriamos nas tribulações, sabendo que a tribulação produz a paciência; 4 e a paciência, a experiência; e a experiência, a esperança. 5 E a esperança não traz confusão, porquanto o amor de Deus está derramado em nosso coração pelo Espírito Santo que nos foi dado.
6 Porque Cristo, estando nós ainda fracos, morreu a seu tempo pelos ímpios. 7 Porque apenas alguém morrerá por um justo; pois poderá ser que pelo bom alguém ouse morrer. 8 Mas Deus prova o seu amor para conosco em que Cristo morreu por nós, sendo nós ainda pecadores. 9 Logo, muito mais agora, sendo justificados pelo seu sangue, seremos por ele salvos da ira. 10 Porque, se nós, sendo inimigos, fomos reconciliados com Deus pela morte de seu Filho, muito mais, estando já reconciliados, seremos salvos pela sua vida. 11 E não somente isto, mas também nos gloriamos em Deus por nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, pelo qual agora alcançamos a reconciliação.
Por um homem vieram o pecado e a morte; por um homem também veio a graça
12 Pelo que, como por um homem entrou o pecado no mundo, e pelo pecado, a morte, assim também a morte passou a todos os homens, por isso que todos pecaram. 13 Porque até à lei estava o pecado no mundo, mas o pecado não é imputado não havendo lei. 14 No entanto, a morte reinou desde Adão até Moisés, até sobre aqueles que não pecaram à semelhança da transgressão de Adão, o qual é a figura daquele que havia de vir.
15 Mas não é assim o dom gratuito como a ofensa; porque, se, pela ofensa de um, morreram muitos, muito mais a graça de Deus e o dom pela graça, que é de um só homem, Jesus Cristo, abundou sobre muitos. 16 E não foi assim o dom como a ofensa, por um só que pecou; porque o juízo veio de uma só ofensa, na verdade, para condenação, mas o dom gratuito veio de muitas ofensas para justificação. 17 Porque, se, pela ofensa de um só, a morte reinou por esse, muito mais os que recebem a abundância da graça e do dom da justiça reinarão em vida por um só, Jesus Cristo. 18 Pois assim como por uma só ofensa veio o juízo sobre todos os homens para condenação, assim também por um só ato de justiça veio a graça sobre todos os homens para justificação de vida. 19 Porque, como, pela desobediência de um só homem, muitos foram feitos pecadores, assim, pela obediência de um, muitos serão feitos justos. 20 Veio, porém, a lei para que a ofensa abundasse; mas, onde o pecado abundou, superabundou a graça; 21 para que, assim como o pecado reinou na morte, também a graça reinasse pela justiça para a vida eterna, por Jesus Cristo, nosso Senhor.
Romans 5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 5
Faith, Hope, and Love.[a] 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace[b] with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) 2 through whom we have gained access [by faith] to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.(B) 3 Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4 and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,(C) 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us.(D) 6 For Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die.[c] 8 But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.(E) 9 How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath.(F) 10 Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life.(G) 11 Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Humanity’s Sin Through Adam. 12 [d]Therefore, just as through one person sin entered the world,(H) and through sin, death, and thus death came to all, inasmuch as all sinned[e]— 13 for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world, though sin is not accounted when there is no law.(I) 14 But death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin after the pattern of the trespass of Adam, who is the type of the one who was to come.(J)
Grace and Life Through Christ. 15 But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by that one person’s transgression the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one person Jesus Christ overflow for the many. 16 And the gift is not like the result of the one person’s sinning. For after one sin there was the judgment that brought condemnation; but the gift, after many transgressions, brought acquittal. 17 For if, by the transgression of one person, death came to reign through that one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of justification come to reign in life through the one person Jesus Christ. 18 In conclusion, just as through one transgression condemnation came upon all, so through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all.(K) 19 For just as through the disobedience of one person the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of one the many will be made righteous.(L) 20 The law entered in[f] so that transgression might increase but, where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more,(M) 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through justification for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.(N)
Footnotes
- 5:1–11 Popular piety frequently construed reverses and troubles as punishment for sin; cf. Jn 9:2. Paul therefore assures believers that God’s justifying action in Jesus Christ is a declaration of peace. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ displays God’s initiative in certifying humanity for unimpeded access into the divine presence. Reconciliation is God’s gift of pardon to the entire human race. Through faith one benefits personally from this pardon or, in Paul’s term, is justified. The ultimate aim of God is to liberate believers from the pre-Christian self as described in Rom 1–3. Since this liberation will first find completion in the believer’s resurrection, salvation is described as future in Rom 5:10. Because this fullness of salvation belongs to the future it is called the Christian hope. Paul’s Greek term for hope does not, however, suggest a note of uncertainty, to the effect: “I wonder whether God really means it.” Rather, God’s promise in the gospel fills believers with expectation and anticipation for the climactic gift of unalloyed commitment in the holy Spirit to the performance of the will of God. The persecutions that attend Christian commitment are to teach believers patience and to strengthen this hope, which will not disappoint them because the holy Spirit dwells in their hearts and imbues them with God’s love (Rom 5:5).
- 5:1 We have peace: a number of manuscripts, versions, and church Fathers read “Let us have peace”; cf. Rom 14:19.
- 5:7 In the world of Paul’s time the good person is especially one who is magnanimous to others.
- 5:12–21 Paul reflects on the sin of Adam (Gn 3:1–13) in the light of the redemptive mystery of Christ. Sin, as used in the singular by Paul, refers to the dreadful power that has gripped humanity, which is now in revolt against the Creator and engaged in the exaltation of its own desires and interests. But no one has a right to say, “Adam made me do it,” for all are culpable (Rom 5:12): Gentiles under the demands of the law written in their hearts (Rom 2:14–15), and Jews under the Mosaic covenant. Through the Old Testament law, the sinfulness of humanity that was operative from the beginning (Rom 5:13) found further stimulation, with the result that sins were generated in even greater abundance. According to Rom 5:15–21, God’s act in Christ is in total contrast to the disastrous effects of the virus of sin that invaded humanity through Adam’s crime.
- 5:12 Inasmuch as all sinned: others translate “because all sinned,” and understand Rom 5:13 as a parenthetical remark. Unlike Wis 2:24, Paul does not ascribe the entry of death to the devil.
- 5:20 The law entered in: sin had made its entrance (Rom 5:12); now the law comes in alongside sin. See notes on Rom 1:18–32; 5:12–21. Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more: Paul declares that grace outmatches the productivity of sin.
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