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Romans 5:19
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.
Verse 19. _FOR, AS BY ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE_, c.] The explanation of this verse has been anticipated in the foregoing....
Romans 5:12 has been usually regarded as the most difficult part of the New Testament. It is not the design of these notes to enter into a minute criticism of contested points like this. They who wish...
FOR ... - This verse is not a mere repetition of the former, but it is an explanation. By the former statements it might perhaps be inferred that people were condemned without any guilt or blame of th...
4. IN CHRIST. The Sanctification of the Believer; his Deliverance from Sin and the Law; Children and Heirs. Chapter 5:12-8. CHAPTER 5:12-21 _ 1. Sin and Death Through the First Adam. (Romans 5:12...
The therefore of Romans 5:12 covers Romans 1:16 to Romans 5:11: the working of sin and grace are traced up to their fountain-heads in ADAM AND CHRIST (_cf._...
AT HOME WITH GOD (Romans 5:1-5)...
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and, through sin, death entered into the world, and so death spread to all men, in that they had sinned; for up to the coming of the law...
DISOBEDIENCE. App-128. Romans 5:2. MANY. the many. MADE. constituted. SO. so also. OBEDIENCE. The obedience unto death of Philippians 1:2; Philippians 1:8. This was the one right
_For_, &c. This verse is in close connexion with Romans 5:18. St Paul recurs to the central truth in view, now from this side now from that, so as to leave the one deep and distinct impression of the...
12–21. This state depends upon a living relation of mankind to Christ, analogous to the natural relation to Adam, and as universal as that is. So it comes to pass that there is a parallel between the...
ὭΣΠΕΡ ΓᾺΡ Κ.Τ.Λ. The antithesis is repeated in another form, for clearness of thought. ΠΑΡΑΚΟΉ. This word is substituted for παράπτωμα as definitely involving the personal action. ΚΑΤΕΣΤΆΘΗΣΑΝ. Cf....
ΠΑΡΑΚΟΉ (G3876) неповиновение (Dunn), ΚΑΤΑΣΤΆΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΘΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2525) устанавливать, учреждать, ставить....
DISCOURSE: 1843 DEATH BY ADAM, AND LIFE BY CHRIST Romans 5:18. _Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came u...
THEREFORE, AS BY THE OFFENCE OF ONE— _Therefore as through one offence all men fell under condemnation; even so through one righteousness all men are restored unto justification of life._ Αρα ουν, _th...
_TEXT_ Romans 5:12-19. Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:Romans 5:13 for until the law sin was in t...
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. FOR AS BY [`THE'] ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE [`THE'] MANY WERE MADE, [ katestatheesan ...
__ Conciliation-Individual 12 Death entered through sin at first, but now sin is transmitted through death. All sin because they are mortal. Christ brings life, which disposes of both death and sin....
GOD'S SALVATION AND THE RESULTS OF ITS ACCEPTANCE St. Paul completes his exposition of acceptance by faith by pointing to its blessed effects (Romans 5:1). In the following vv. he compares sin and acc...
ONE] RV 'the one.' MANY] RV 'the many.' WERE MADE SINNERS] in the sense of Romans 5:12. SHALL MANY BE MADE] i.e. as generation after generation arises....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 5 THE *BLESSINGS THAT WE RECEIVE BECAUSE OF GOD’S *GRACE 5:1-11 V1 We are *righteous because of our *faith. So we are...
(12-21) Contrast between the reign of death introduced by the sin of Adam, and the reign of life introduced by the atonement of Christ. The sequence is, first sin, then death. Now, the death which pas...
MANY WERE MADE SINNERS. — _The many,_ or mankind collectively, were placed in the position of sinners. OBEDIENCE. — This term is chosen in contradistinction to the disobedience of Adam. The obedience...
CHAPTER 13 CHRIST AND ADAM Romans 5:12 WE approach a paragraph of the Epistle pregnant with mystery. It leads us back to Primal Man, to the Adam of the first brief pages of the Scripture record, to...
The sense of this verse has been determined by what precedes. The γὰρ connects it closely with the last words of Romans 5:18 : “justification of _life;_ for, as through, etc.”. ἁμαρτωλοὶ κατεστάθησαν...
The treatment of the righteousness of God, as a Divine gift to sinners in Jesus Christ, is now complete, and the Apostle might have passed on to his treatment of the new life (chaps. 6 8). But he intr...
DEATH THROUGH ADAM, LIFE THROUGH CHRIST Romans 5:12 This is the profoundest and most fundamental section of the whole Epistle. It contains an insight into the deep things of God, 1 Corinthians 2:10....
The apostle now dealt with the values of justification. The value to the individual is a threefold blessing. This nature as to cause the heart to rejoice. The apostle now showed the difference between...
(18) For as by one man's (y) disobedience (z) many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. (18) The foundation of this whole comparison is this, that these two men...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] See St. John Chrysostom, hom. x. p. 73. Ed Savil. _Greek: eis uiothesian echthemen... kai egenometha adelphoi tou monogenous, &c._...
THIRD SECTION. Twelfth Passage (5:12-21). The Universality of Salvation in Christ proved by the Universality of Death in Adam. Justification by faith had just been expounded; the historical foundati...
“ _So then as by one offence there was condemnation for all men; so also by one act of justification there was for all men justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience the many were constit...
At the first glance this verse seems to be a mere useless repetition of the foregoing. Looking at it closely, we see that, as the γάρ, _for_, indicates, it is meant to state the moral cause which give...
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (13) (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_ADAM AND CHRIST_ ‘Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin.… by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.’...
19.This is no tautology, but a necessary explanation of the former verse. For he shows that we are guilty through the offense of one man, in such a manner as not to be ourselves innocent. He had said...
Thus, being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Remark here also the difference of Abraham's faith and ours. He believed God could perform what He promised. We are called to believe He has per...
FOR AS BY ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE MANY WERE MADE SINNERS,.... Agreeably to this the Jews say g, that "for the sin of the first man, all that are born of him, יהיו רשעים, "become wicked".'' This is t...
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Ver. 19. _Many_] That is, all except Christ, sinners, tainted with sins, guilt, and f...
_Therefore_, &c. Here the apostle compares Christ and Adam together again, as he began to do Romans 5:12, with which this verse seems to be connected, (all the intermediate verses coming in as a paren...
As all who believe in Christ will be saved, all to whom he is made known are bound both by duty and interest to believe in him, and thus, through grace, prepare to live and rejoice with him for ever i...
BLESSINGS ATTENDING JUSTIFICATION Now as to the _means_ and _assurance_ of present justification, every question has been answered, every doubt fully banished by simple, straightforward truth. Thus ev...
÷ ROMANS 5:12-21 The Two Adams Contrasted Romans 5:12-21 First Adam Second Adam Sin entered - 12 Salvation - 15 Death to all men - 12 Free gift - 15 Many died - 15 Grace for many - 15 Condemnation -...
"FOR AS THROUGH THE ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE THE MANY WERE MADE SINNERS, EVEN SO THROUGH THE OBEDIENCE OF THE ONE SHALL THE MANY BE MADE RIGHTEOUS"."WERE MADE": They were made sinners by their own choic...
15-19 Through one man's offence, all mankind are exposed to eternal condemnation. But the grace and mercy of God, and the free gift of righteousness and salvation, are through Jesus Christ, as man: y...
ONE MAN S; i.e. Adam s: see the notes on ROMANS 5:12. MANY; i.e. all, as before; many is here opposed to one, or a few; the meaning is: Though Adam was but one, yet he infected many others, his sin re...
For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous. [Romans 5:18 has spoken of the effects; viz. condemnati...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III For as by the disobedience of the one man who was originally moulded from virgin soil, the many were made sinners,[355] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III For as...
Romans 5:19 For G1063 as G5618 by G1223 one G1520 mans G444 disobedience G3876 many G4183 made G2525 ...
‘For as through the one man's disobedience the many were constituted sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be constituted righteous.' It will be noted all through that Paul...
IN DIRECT CONTRAST TO ADAM WHO INTRODUCED SIN AND DEATH JESUS CHRIST HAS BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LIFE IN ABUNDANT MEASURE (5:15-19). Paul now provides us succinctly with a...
PAUL NOW DESCRIBES MAN'S ONENESS WITH ADAM IN JUDGMENT AND COMPARES IT WITH THE BELIEVER'S ONENESS WITH CHRIST IN DELIVERANCE (5:12-21). This passage can be seen as summarising all that has gone befor...
SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST (5:1-8:39). The depths of our sin having been revealed in Romans 1:17 to Romans 3:23, and Jesus Christ's activity, (His activity in bringing about our salvation through the...
WE ARE ASSURED OF REIGNING IN LIFE AND ENJOYING FUTURE GLORY AND THE BASIS OF THIS IS WHAT CHRIST HAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR US (5:1-21). Having been reckoned as righteous through faith we have peace with G...
Romans 5:19. FOR. This word shows that we have here the explanation of Romans 5:18, and thus of the whole passage. The sense is: As a consequence of the disobedience of the one man (Adam) the many (in...
DIFFERENT THEORIES OF ORIGINAL SIN AND IMPUTATION. _Excursus on Romans 5:12._ (Comp. Lange, _Romans,_ pp. 191-195; where will be found the fuller statements of Dr. Schaff, here presented in an abrid...
3. THE GOSPEL THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION. In this _third division_ of the doctrinal part of the Epistle, the Apostle presents the gospel as ‘the power of God unto salvation,' setting forth how G...
Here again we have "the one" (του ενος) with both Adam and Christ, but "disobedience" (παρακοης, for which see 2 Corinthians 10:6) contrasted with "obedience" (υπακοης), the same verb καθιστημ, old ve...
SINNERS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Romans 5:17 The Chapter of the Five Kings. Where do we find these five kings? There is King Sin, for Sin reigned. There is King Death, for I read "Death reigned." There is King Grace, for Grace reig...
Romans 5:10. _For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God, by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall by saved by his life._ Grand argument for the safety of all belie...
Romans 5:6. _For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly._ This is one of the most surprising sentences on record. If it had not been inspired, there are many who w...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ These are matters of fact; not of fanatical delusion, but of logical conclusion, for Paul begin...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ This verse deserves to be printed in letters of gold. If you can truthfully say this, if it is...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ Do not let us simply read these words, but let us each one say in our hearts, «That is true; I...
CONTENTS: The results of justification. Life and righteousness through Jesus Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Adam, Moses. CONCLUSION: Justification through faith in Jesus Christ takes a...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God._ Faith in the atonement removes the guilt of sin, and makes us heirs of all the promised righteousness of God; the prodigals ar...
WERE MADE SINNERS. By Adam's sin, all were counted sinners even though many of them never heard of Adam or his sin. WILL BE PUT RIGHT. All inherited penalty for Adam's sin is canceled for the whole hu...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:1 Hope as a Result of Righteousness by Faith. Believers in Christ, who are righteous in God’s sight, have a sure hope of future glory and life eternal....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:12 Adam brought sin and death into the world, but those who have believed in Christ have hope. Christ has reversed the consequences of Adam’s sin and has given his own life and...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:19 Because of Adam’s disobedience, all people WERE MADE (caused to be) SINNERS. When Adam (mankind’s representative) sinned, God viewed the whole human race as guilty sinners....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 5:12.—Adam the head of a race whose transgressions lead on to condemnation. Christ the ancestor of a seed whose faith and obedience culminate in eternal life. Rabbis spoke of a...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 5:1 (6) The _results of the revelation of the righteousness of God, as affecting_ (A) the consciousness and hopes of believers; (B) the position of mankind before God. ROMANS 5:...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of Romans. Since chapter 3 Paul has been talking about justification by faith. How that God has declared me innocent because of my faith in Jesus C...
2 Corinthians 5:21; Daniel 9:24; Ephesians 1:6; Isaiah 53:10;...
Disobedience [π α ρ α κ ο η ς]. Only here, 2 Corinthians 10:6; Hebrews 9:2. The kindred verb paralouw to neglect, Rev., refuse, occurs Matthew 18:17. From para aside, amiss, and ajkouw to hear, someti...
THE AS AND SO OF SCRIPTURE Romans 5:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wrote a booklet on "As and So," dealing with the "As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man." We n...
MUCH MORE THE GRACE OF GOD Romans 5:1, _Romans 5:15_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have before us today portions of Romans for our study. The Epistle of Paul to the Romans carries with it one of God's supre...
As by the disobedience of one man many (that is, all men) were constituted sinners — Being then in the loins of their first parent, the common head and representative of them all. So by the obedience...
If all are made righteous by Christ why aren’t all saved? PROBLEM: It is agreed by scholars that in Paul’s contrast between the “one” and the “many” here, that “many” means all. For the “many” were “m...