Romans. 5. vizvAsena sapuNyIkRtA vayam IzvareNa sArddhaM prabhuNAsmAkaM yIzukhrISTena melanaM prAptAH| aparaM vayaM yasmin anugrahAzraye tiSThAmastanmadhyaM vizvAsamArgeNa tenaivAnItA vayam IzvarIyavibhavaprAptipratyAzayA samAnandAmaH| tat kevalaM nahi kintu klezabhoge'pyAnandAmo yataH klezAाd dhairyyaM jAyata iti vayaM jAnImaH, dhairyyAcca parIkSitatvaM jAyate, parIkSitatvAt pratyAzA jAyate, pratyAzAto vrIDitatvaM na jAyate, yasmAd asmabhyaM dattena pavitreNAtmanAsmAkam antaHkaraNAnIzvarasya premavAriNA siktAni| asmAsu nirupAyeSu satsu khrISTa upayukte samaye pApinAM nimittaM svIyAn praNAn atyajat| hitakAriNo janasya kRte kopi praNAn tyaktuM sAhasaM karttuM zaknoti, kintu dhArmmikasya kRte prAyeNa kopi prANAn na tyajati| kintvasmAsu pApiSu satsvapi nimittamasmAkaM khrISTaH svaprANAn tyaktavAn, tata IzvarosmAn prati nijaM paramapremANaM darzitavAn| ataeva tasya raktapAtena sapuNyIkRtA vayaM nitAntaM tena kopAd uddhAriSyAmahe| phalato vayaM yadA ripava Asma tadezvarasya putrasya maraNena tena sArddhaM yadyasmAkaM melanaM jAtaM tarhi melanaprAptAH santo'vazyaM tasya jIvanena rakSAM lapsyAmahe| tat kevalaM nahi kintu yena melanam alabhAmahi tenAsmAkaM prabhuNA yIzukhrISTena sAmpratam Izvare samAnandAmazca| tathA sati, ekena mAnuSeNa pApaM pApena ca maraNaM jagatIM prAvizat aparaM sarvveSAM pApitvAt sarvve mAnuSA mRte rnighnA abhavat| yato vyavasthAdAnasamayaM yAvat jagati pApam AsIt kintu yatra vyavasthA na vidyate tatra pApasyApi gaNanA na vidyate| tathApyAdamA yAdRzaM pApaM kRtaM tAdRzaM pApaM yai rnAkAri Adamam Arabhya mUsAM yAvat teSAmapyupari mRtyU rAjatvam akarot sa Adam bhAvyAdamo nidarzanamevAste| kintu pApakarmmaNo yAdRzo bhAvastAdRg dAnakarmmaNo bhAvo na bhavati yata ekasya janasyAparAdhena yadi bahUnAM maraNam aghaTata tathApIzvarAnugrahastadanugrahamUlakaM dAnaJcaikena janenArthAd yIzunA khrISTena bahuSu bAhulyAtibAhulyena phalati| aparam ekasya janasya pApakarmma yAdRk phalayuktaM dAnakarmma tAdRk na bhavati yato vicArakarmmaikaM pApam Arabhya daNDajanakaM babhUva, kintu dAnakarmma bahupApAnyArabhya puNyajanakaM babhUva| yata ekasya janasya pApakarmmatastenaikena yadi maraNasya rAjatvaM jAtaM tarhi ye janA anugrahasya bAhulyaM puNyadAnaJca prApnuvanti ta ekena janena, arthAt yIzukhrISTena, jIvane rAjatvam avazyaM kariSyanti| eko'parAdho yadvat sarvvamAnavAnAM daNDagAmI mArgo 'bhavat tadvad ekaM puNyadAnaM sarvvamAnavAnAM jIvanayuktapuNyagAmI mArga eva| aparam ekasya janasyAjJAlaGghanAd yathA bahavo 'parAdhino jAtAstadvad ekasyAjJAcaraNAd bahavaH sapuNyIkRtA bhavanti| adhikantu vyavasthAgamanAd aparAdhasya bAhulyaM jAtaM kintu yatra pApasya bAhulyaM tatraiva tasmAd anugrahasya bAhulyam abhavat| tena mRtyunA yadvat pApasya rAjatvam abhavat tadvad asmAkaM prabhuyIzukhrISTadvArAnantajIvanadAyipuNyenAnugrahasya rAjatvaM bhavati|