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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:2 GRACE IN WHICH WE STAND. The believers’ secure position as a result of their justification. HOPE OF THE GLORY OF GOD. The promise that Christians will be glorified and perfected at the last day. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=ima... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:5 HOPE DOES NOT PUT US TO SHAME. Followers of Christ have no reason to fear humiliation on the judgment day, for they now belong to God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:6 In this and the following verses, Paul shows how the believer’s subjective experience of God’s love (v. Romans 5:5) is firmly based on the objective work of Christ on the cross. WEAK here refers to lack of moral strength and is another way to describe those who are UNGODLY.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:9 Christians are JUSTIFIED (declared right before God) because of Christ’s BLOOD poured out at the cross. Therefore, they can know that they will be saved from God’s WRATH on the day of judgment. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=imag... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:10 As in v. Romans 5:9, Paul argues from the greater to the lesser. Since Christians are now RECONCILED to God through Christ’s death, they can be assured that they will be SAVED on the day to come. Here “saved” includes initial justification, completed sanctification, glorif... [ Continue Reading ]
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 righteousness to secure their eternal glory. The extended comparison between Adam and Christ shows... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:13 SIN IS NOT COUNTED WHERE THERE IS NO LAW. Paul does not mean that people are guiltless without the law (see Romans 2:12). Those without the written law are still judged by God (see Genesis 6:1; Genesis 11:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:14 Those who did not live under the law were still judged for their sin, and therefore they died. Still, their SINNING WAS NOT LIKE THE TRANSGRESSION OF ADAM: Adam violated a commandment specifically given to him by God. Adam is a TYPE (that is, a model or pattern) of Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:15 Paul contrasts the consequences of the work of Adam and of Christ five times in the next five verses. This shows their roles as covenantal heads of the people they represent. Paul clearly teaches “original sin,” the fact that all people inherit a sinful nature because of A... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:16 The ONE TRESPASS of Adam resulted in the CONDEMNATION of all. But Christ overcame sin, therefore all who belong to him enjoy JUSTIFICATION. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:17 Death ruled the human race due to Adam’s sin, but Christians now stand in eternal life as rulers because of Christ’s work. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:18 FOR ALL MEN. Based on these verses, some interpreters have argued that all people will be saved. But Paul makes it plain that only those who “receive” God’s gift belong to Christ (v. Romans 5:17; see also Romans 1:16). The wording “AS... SO” shows that Paul’s focus is not... [ Continue Reading ]
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. All are born with a sinful nature because of Adam’s sin. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByT... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:20 The typical Jewish view in Paul’s day was that God gave the law in order to reduce the human impulse to sin. But Paul claims that the law was given TO INCREASE THE TRESPASS. That is, once people had written laws from God, they were not just committing “sins” against God’s... [ Continue Reading ]