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 on how many will be saved but on the method of either sin or righteousness being passed from the representative leader to the whole group. men. See note on 5:12.

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