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Faith Triumphs in Trouble

¹Therefore, ⚓having been justified by faith, we have ⚓peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ²⚓through whom also we have access by faith into this grace ⚓in which we stand, and ⚓rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ³And not only that, but ⚓we also glory in tribulations, ⚓knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; ⁴⚓and perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵⚓Now hope does not disappoint, ⚓because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Christ in Our Place

⁶For when we were still without strength, in due time ⚓Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. ⁸But ⚓God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹Much more then, having now been justified ⚓by His blood, we shall be saved ⚓from wrath through Him. ¹⁰For ⚓if when we were enemies ⚓we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved ⚓by His life. ¹¹And not only that, but we also ⚓rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

¹²Therefore, just as ⚓through one man sin entered the world, and ⚓death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all 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 those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, ⚓who is a type of Him who was to come. ¹⁵But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded ⚓to many. ¹⁶And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. ¹⁷For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
¹⁸Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through ⚓one Man’s righteous act the free gift came⚓to all men, resulting in justification of life. ¹⁹For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by ⚓one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
²⁰Moreover ⚓the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace ⚓abounded much more, ²¹so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Tug kws Vaajtswv suav tas ncaaj nceeg

¹Yog le ntawd, tub yog vem peb raug suav tas ncaaj nceeg vem yog qhov kws ntseeg, peb txhad nrug⚓ Vaajtswv sws hum xeeb vem muaj peb tug Tswv Yexu Kheto lawm. ²Ntawm Yexu peb txhad nkaag lug rua huv txujkev hlub kws peb lug nyob nuav hab peb khaav⚓ txug qhov kws peb muaj vaam tas yuav muaj feem tau Vaajtswv tug fwjchim ci ntsaa ab. ³Tsw taag le ntawd xwb, peb kuj khaav txug qhov kws peb raug txom nyem vem peb paub tas kev txom nyem ua kuas muaj sab ntev thev taug, ⁴hab qhov kws muaj sab ntev thev taug yog muab peb swm ua tau zoo swv lawm, hab qhov kws raug muab swm hov ua kuas muaj sab vaam, ⁵hab yuav tsw nplaam txujkev vaam hov vem Vaajtswv swv Vaaj Ntsuj Plig kws dawb huv kws nwg tub pub rua peb lawm hliv Vaajtswv txujkev hlub rua huv peb lub sab.
⁶Thaus peb tseed qaug zug Kheto tuag thij cov tuabneeg phem lawv le lub swjhawm kws teem tseg lawm. ⁷Qhov tseeb tsw tshua muaj leejtwg tuag thij tug tuabneeg ncaaj nceeg, tassws tej zag yuav muaj ib tug yeem tuag thij tug tuabneeg zoo. ⁸Tassws Vaajtswv ua nwg txujkev hlub tshwm rua peb, yog qhov kws thaus peb tseed ua tuabneeg muaj txem Kheto tuag thij peb. ⁹Yog le ntawd, vem Yexu cov ntshaav ua rua peb raug suav tas ncaaj nceeg lawm, mas luj dua le ntawd peb yeej yuav dim huv Vaajtswv txujkev npau tawg vem muaj Yexu. ¹⁰Tsua qhov thaus peb tseed ua yeeb ncuab rua Vaajtswv, nwg tug Tub txujkev tuag ua rua peb tub tau rov lug nrug Vaajtswv sws raug zoo. Luj dua le ntawd thaus peb nrug nwg sws raug zoo lawm, qhov kws nwg tug Tub caj sa nyob yuav cawm peb dim. ¹¹Tsw yog le ntawd xwb, peb yuav khaav rua huv Vaajtswv vem yog muaj peb tug Tswv Yexu Kheto ua tug kws ua rua peb rov nrug Vaajtswv sws raug zoo.

Ataa hab Kheto

¹²Yog le nuav, lub txem tshwm lug rua huv lub nplajteb yog tim tuab leeg, hab txujkev tuag tshwm lug yog tim lub txem ntawd, hab txujkev tuag kis moog rua ib tsoom tuabneeg txhua tug vem yog tuabneeg txhua tug ua txhum muaj txem. ¹³Qhov tseeb lub txem muaj nyob rua huv lub nplajteb nuav ua ntej kws tsw tau muab txuj kevcai rua Mauxe, tassws qhov twg tsw muaj txuj kevcai kuj tsw suav tas muaj txem. ¹⁴Tassws txujkev tuag yeej kaav hlo txwj thaus Ataa lug txug Mauxe. Txawm yog cov kws tsw tau ua txhum ib yaam le Ataa los txujkev tuag kuj kaav rawv. Ataa ua qauv txug tug kws yuav ua qaab lug.
¹⁵Tassws yaam kws Vaajtswv pub dawb dawb tsw thooj le qhov kws ua txhum ntawd. Yog tuabneeg coob coob tuag vem qhov kws ib tug ua txhum, heev dua le hov Vaajtswv txujkev hlub hab yaam kws Vaajtswv pub dawb dawb ntawm ib tug lug, kws yog lug ntawm Yexu Kheto, kuj muaj nplua quas mag rua tuabneeg coob coob. ¹⁶Yaam kws Vaajtswv pub dawb hov tsw thooj le tej kev txhum kws ib tug ua ntawd, vem tas kev txav txem rua tuab zag txhum hov coj kev rau txem lug, tassws yaam kws pub dawb ua qaab kws ua txhum ntau zag coj txujkev ncaaj nceeg lug. ¹⁷Yog qhov kws ib tug ua txhum ua rua txujkev tuag kaav hlo ntawm tug hov lug, heev dua le ntawd cov kws tau txais txujkev hlub nplua quas mag hab txujkev ncaaj nceeg kws Vaajtswv pub dawb, yuav tau txujsa ntawm ib tug kws yog Yexu Kheto hab kaav moog le.
¹⁸Qhov kws ib tsoom tuabneeg raug txem vem qhov kws ib tug ua txhum xwb, mas qhov kws ib tug ua ncaaj nceeg yuav coj txujkev ncaaj nceeg kws pub txujsa lug rua txhua tug ib yaam nkaus. ¹⁹Qhov kws ib tug tsw noog lug kuj ua rua ib tsoom tuabneeg⚓ txhum le caag, mas qhov kws ib tug noog lug kuj ua rua ib tsoom tuabneeg^t ncaaj nceeg tau ib yaam nkaus. ²⁰Txuj kevcai tshwm lug ua rua kev txhum tsaav quas zug tuaj. Qhovtwg muaj kev txhum tsaav quas zug, Vaajtswv txujkev hlub kuj muaj nplua quas mag tsaav rua qhov ntawd. ²¹Mas kev txhum kaav ua kuas muaj kev tuag le caag, Vaajtswv txujkev hlub txhad kaav ua kuas tau txujsa ib txhws ntawm txujkev ncaaj nceeg huv Yexu Kheto kws yog peb tug Tswv ib yaam le ntawd.