Those Declared Righteous Are Reconciled

For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment,(A) Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves(B) His own love for us(C) in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood,(D) we will be saved through Him from wrath.(E) 10 For if, while we were enemies,(F) we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life!(G) 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him.(H)

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For gar while eti we hēmeis were eimi still eti helpless asthenēs, at kata the right kairos time Christ Christos died apothnēskō for hyper the ungodly asebēs. For gar rarely molis will apothnēskō one tis die apothnēskō for hyper an upright dikaios person though gar perhaps tacha for hyper · ho a genuinely good agathos person one tis · kai might actually dare tolmaō to die apothnēskō. But de God theos demonstrates synistēmi · ho his heautou love agapē for eis us hēmeis · ho in that hoti while eimi we hēmeis were eimi still eti sinners hamartōlos Christ Christos died apothnēskō for hyper us hēmeis. Since oun we have now nyn been justified dikaioō by en · ho his autos blood haima, much polys more mallon will we be saved sōzō from apo the ho wrath orgē of God through dia him autos. 10 For gar if ei while we were eimi enemies echthros we were reconciled katallassō to ho God theos through dia the ho death thanatos of ho his autos Son hyios, much polys more mallon, now that we are reconciled katallassō, will we be saved sōzō by en · ho his autos life zōē. 11 And de not ou only monon that, but alla we also kai rejoice kauchaomai in en · ho God theos through dia · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos, through dia whom hos we lambanō now nyn have received lambanō · ho reconciliation katallagē.

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