but anybody may have right standing with God as a free gift of His undeserved favor, through the ransom provided in Christ Jesus.

But God's free gift is not at all to be compared with the offense. For if by one man's offense the whole race of men have died, to a much greater degree God's favor and His gift imparted by His favor through the one man Jesus Christ, has overflowed for the whole race of men.

And the gift is not fit all to be compared with the results of that one man's sin. For that sentence resulted from the offense of one man, and it meant condemnation, but the free gift resulted from the offenses of many, and it meant right standing.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free so far as doing right was concerned.

So if she marries another man while her husband is living, she is called an adulteress, but if he dies, she is free from that marriage bond, so that she will not be an adulteress though later married to another man.

For the life-giving power of the Spirit through union with Christ Jesus has set us free from the power of sin and death.

that even nature itself might finally be set free from its bondage to decay, so as to share the glorious freedom of God's children.