8. But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.
9. But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger.
10. Even when we were God's enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by his Son's life.
11. And in addition to everything else, we are happy because God sent our Lord Jesus Christ to make peace with us.
12. Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die.
13. Sin was in the world before the Law came. But no record of sin was kept, because there was no Law.
14. Yet death still had power over all who lived from the time of Adam to the time of Moses. This happened, though not everyone disobeyed a direct command from God, as Adam did.In some ways Adam is like Christ who came later.
15. But the gift that God was kind enough to give was very different from Adam's sin. That one sin brought death to many others. Yet in an even greater way, Jesus Christ alone brought God's gift of kindness to many people.
16. There is a lot of difference between Adam's sin and God's gift. That one sin led to punishment. But God's gift made it possible for us to be acceptable to him, even though we have sinned many times.
17. Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has been so kind to us, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.