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 \v 1 Abraham is the revered ancestor of us Jews. So think about what we can learn from what happened to Abraham.
-\v 2 If it was because of Abraham's doing good things that God put him right with himself, Abraham would then have had reason to boast about that to people, (but, even so, he would not have had any reason to boast to God about it).
+\v 2 If it was because of Abraham's doing good things that God put him right with himself, Abraham would then have had reason to boast about that to people (but, even so, he would not have had any reason to boast to God about it).
 \v 3 Remember that in the scriptures it is written that Abraham believed what God promised to do for him, and that for this reason, God considered Abraham to be right with himself.
 
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 \v 15 Remember that in reality, God says in his law that he will punish anyone who does not perfectly obey it. Also remember, however, that for people who have no law, it is impossible to disobey it.
 
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-\v 16 So it is because we trust in God that we will receive the things that he has promised to us as a gift, because he is very kind. He gives these things to everyone whom he regards as a true descendant of Abraham who have God's law and trust him, and also those who do not have God's laws but who trust in him as Abraham did. For God regards Abraham as the true ancestor of all of us believers.
+\v 16 So it is because we trust in God that we will receive the things that he has promised to us as a gift, because he is very kind. He gives these things to everyone whom he regards as a true descendant of Abraham—those who have God's law and trust him, and also those who do not have God's laws but who trust in him as Abraham did. For God regards Abraham as the true ancestor of all of us believers.
 \v 17 This is what God said to Abraham in the scriptures: "I will make you the ancestor of many nations." Abraham received this directly from God, who raises dead people to life and creates things out of nothing.
 
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-\v 18 He trusted firmly in this promise of God, even though there was no physical reason for him to expect that he would have descendants because he and his wife were too old to bear children. God had promised Abraham that he would become the ancestor of many nations by saying, "Your descendants will be like the stars in the sky."
-\v 19 He did not doubt that God would do what he promised, even though he knew that his body was not able to father a child (he was, after all, about one hundred years old), and he knew that Sarah could never become pregnant before.
+\v 18 He trusted firmly in this promise of God, even though there was no physical reason for him to expect that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children. God had promised Abraham that he would become the ancestor of many nations by saying, "Your descendants will be like the stars in the sky."
+\v 19 He did not doubt that God would do what he promised, even though he knew that his body was not able to father a child (he was, after all, about one hundred years old), and he knew that Sarah could not ever become pregnant before.
 
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 \v 20 He did not doubt at all that God would do what he had promised. Instead, he trusted in God more strongly, and he thanked God for what God was going to do.
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 \v 8 Nevertheless, as for God, the way he showed us that he loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still rebelling against God.
-\v 9 So it is even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger about sin since we are right with God because Christ died for us and shed his blood for our sins.
+\v 9 So it is even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger about sin, since we are right with God because Christ died for us and shed his blood for our sins.
 
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-\v 10 Even when we were his enemies, God made peace with us by of the death of his Son. And now that we have peace with God, it is even more certain that Christ will save us by the fact that he is now alive, when he had been dead.
+\v 10 Even when we were his enemies, God made peace with us by the death of his Son. And now that we have peace with God, it is even more certain that Christ will save us by the fact that he is now alive, when he had been dead.
 \v 11 And that is not all! Now we also rejoice because God has made peace between us and him through the death of his Son.
 
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 \v 12 All people are sinful because Adam, the first man whom God created, sinned long ago. Because he sinned, he eventually died. So all people who have lived since then became sinners, and they all die.
-\v 13 People in the world sinned before God gave his law to Moses but there was no way to recognize sin against that law.
+\v 13 People in the world sinned before God gave his law to Moses, but there was no way to recognize sin against that law.
 
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-\v 14 But we know that from the time when Adam lived until the time when Moses lived, all people sinned, and that they died as a consequence. Everyone died, even those who did not break a direct command from God as Adam did. Adam's sin affected all people, just like what Christ did, the one who came later, also affects all people.
+\v 14 But we know that, from the time when Adam lived until the time when Moses lived, all people sinned, and they died as a consequence. Everyone died, even those who did not break a direct command from God as Adam did. Adam's sin affected all people, just like what Christ did, the one who came later, also affects all people.
 \v 15 But the gift that God gives is not like Adam's sin. Because Adam sinned, everybody dies. But because another single man, Jesus Christ, died for us all, God kindly offers us this gift of everlasting life, although we do not deserve it.
 
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 \v 19 It was because one person, Adam, disobeyed God that many people became sinners. Similarly, it is because one person, Jesus, obeyed God when he died that he will put many right with himself.
 
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-\v 20 God gave his law to Moses in order that people might realize how greatly they had sinned; but as people sinned more, God continued to act even more kindly toward them in a way that they did not deserve.
-\v 21 Since people die physically because sin had power over their bodies, bringing death, in the same way, his kind gift now has power to make them right before God and that power gives them eternal life because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for them.
+\v 20 God gave his law to Moses so that people might realize how greatly they had sinned; but as people sinned more, God continued to act even more kindly toward them in a way that they did not deserve.
+\v 21 Since people die physically because sin had power over their bodies, bringing death, in the same way his kind gift now has power to make them right before God, and that power gives them eternal life because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for them.
 
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 \v 18 So now you do not have to sin any longer; sin is no longer your master. Instead, you are slaves of God, who is righteous.
 
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-\v 19 I am writing to you in a way that ordinary people can understand. In the past you were slaves to your desires so you did all kinds of impure and evil things. But now act justly as God acts, so that he will set you apart for himself as his people.
-\v 20 It is true that in the past, you behaved as people who were free from God's power and righteousness (because you did whatever your evil minds told you to do). You did not have to do things that were right.
+\v 19 I am writing to you in a way that ordinary people can understand. In the past you were slaves to your desires, so you did all kinds of impure and evil things. But now act justly as God acts, so that he will set you apart for himself as his people.
+\v 20 It is true that, in the past, you behaved as people who were free from God's power and righteousness (because you did whatever your evil minds told you to do). You did not have to do things that were right.
 \v 21 But though you were like a slave to sin, God has set you free from sin and made you his servant. As a result you are being made holy, and the result of that is that you will live forever with him.
 
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-\v 22 But now you do not have to sin any longer. You are no longer slaves like that. Instead, you have become slaves of God. In return, he has set you apart as his own people, and he will allow you to live forever, with him.
+\v 22 But now you do not have to sin any longer. You are no longer slaves like that. Instead, you have become slaves of God. In return, he has set you apart as his own people, and he will allow you to live forever with him.
 \v 23 All who do what their evil minds tells them to do receive payment, too, but that payment is death. They will be apart from God forever. But as for God, he pays no wages to his slaves at all. Instead, he gives us a free gift: He allows us to live forever with him, joined to Christ Jesus our Lord.
 
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 \v 19 I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, it is evil things that I do not want to do that I do.
-\v 20 When I do evil things that I do not want to do, it is not that I really want do those things. It is my attitude that favors sin, that makes me do what is sinful.
+\v 20 When I do evil things that I do not want to do, it is not that I really want do those things. It is my attitude that favors sin that makes me do what is sinful.
 \v 21 I find, then, that when I want to do what is good, there is an evil desire present within me that prevents me from doing good.
 
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 \v 23 Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different power that is in my body. It is opposed to what with my mind I desire to do, and it makes me do what my old sinful attitude wants me to do.
 
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-\v 24 When I consider this, I feel that I am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body desires in order that I might not be separated from God.
-\v 25 I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord that he sets me free from the control of what my body desires. So with my mind, I on the one hand want to obey God's law. But also, I often let my sinful desires control me because of my old sinful attitude.
+\v 24 When I consider this, I feel that I am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body desires, so that I might not be separated from God.
+\v 25 I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord that he sets me free from the control of what my body desires. So, with my mind I on the one hand want to obey God's law. But also, I often let my sinful desires control me because of my old sinful attitude.
 
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