³ Not only so, but we^[a] also glory in our sufferings,^(A) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;^{(B) 4} perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵ And hope^(C) does not put us to shame, because God’s love^(D) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,^(E) who has been given to us.

⁶ You see, at just the right time,^(F) when we were still powerless,^(G) Christ died for the ungodly.^{(H) 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.^(I)

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

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

¹² Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,^(Q) and death through sin,^(R) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned^(S)—