4. And patience produces character, and character produces hope.
5. And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. God gave us his love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us.
6. Christ died for us while we were still weak. We were living against God, but at the right time, Christ died for us.
7. Very few people will die to save the life of someone else. Although perhaps for a good man someone might possibly die.
8. But Christ died for us while we were still sinners. In this way God shows his great love for us.
9. We have been made right with God by the blood of Christ’s death. So through Christ we will surely be saved from God’s anger.
10. I mean that while we were God’s enemies, God made us his friends through the death of his Son. Surely, now that we are God’s friends, God will save us through his Son’s life.
11. And not only that, but now we are also very happy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Jesus we are now God’s friends again.
12. Sin came into the world because of what one man did. And with sin came death. And this is why all men must die—because all men sinned.
13. Sin was in the world before the law of Moses. But God does not judge people guilty of sin if there is no law.
14. But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, everyone had to die. Adam died because he sinned by not obeying God’s command. But even those who did not sin in the same way had to die.Adam was like the One who was coming in the future.