Romans 5:2

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. [Having fully established justification by faith as a fact beyond all controversy, the apostle now proceeds to display its fruits and benefits. Therefore, says he, being ju... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:5

and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us. [But the joy of the believer is not confined to this expectation of future good; he rejoices also in present evils, even in tribulation, because tribulation dev... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:7

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:10

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:11

and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. [We have here the external evidences or manifestations of that love of God which, shed abroad in the heart of the Christian, forms the basis of his hope. Before we were st... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:12

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sin :--... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:14

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come. [The comparison opened in Romans 5:12 is carried through various contrasts and correlations until it closes, as modified by the in... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:15

But not as the trespass, so also is the free gift. [Thus far Paul has told us that Adam is the source of sin, condemnation and death, and that he is a type of Christ. In this fifteenth verse he qualifies the relation of type and antitype by a statement that their resemblance does not hold good in al... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:16

And not as through one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment came of one unto condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses unto justification. [The apostle here makes mention of the main particular, wherein the effect of Christ's act has a wider range than the effect of Adam's act... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:17

For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ. [The apostle now undertakes to show wherein the results of Christ's act are more certain than... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:18

So then as through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men to justification of life. [So then, says the apostle, in conclusion, if one act of sin brought sentence of condemnation unto death upon all, becaus... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:19

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. condemnation and justification. This verse proves that these effects must come, for it sets forth the causes,... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:20

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly :... [ Continue Reading ]

Romans 5:21

that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. [All this reasoning almost wholly ignores the Mosaic law: where then did it come in? and how did it affect the situation? Thus: the law came in, in addition to sin and deat... [ Continue Reading ]

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