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Verse 20. _THE LAW ENTERED THAT_ (ΙΝΑ) _THE OFFENCE MIGHT_
_ABOUND._] After considering various opinions concerning the true
meaning of this verse, (see under Romans 5:12,) I am induced to prefer
my...
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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...
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MOREOVER - But. What is said in this verse and the following, seems
designed to meet the Jew, who might pretend that the Law of Moses was
intended to meet the evils of sin introduced by Adam, and ther...
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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...
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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._...
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AT HOME WITH GOD (Romans 5:1-5)...
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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...
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ENTERED. Literally came in beside. Greek. _pareiserchomai,_ Only here
and Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:4.
THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_.
ABOUND. multiply. Greek. _pleonazo._ Here, Romans 6:1;...
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_Moreover_ More simply, BUT, or (better) NOW. In this verse and 21 a
new consideration comes in, almost independent of the chain of
reasoning, but meant to illustrate the surpassing "abundance" of gra...
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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...
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ΝΌΜΟΣ ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ. The effect of law, whether the inner law or
the law of Moses, was to multiply the fall, i.e. to occasion in each
the fall which had taken place in Adam (cf. ch. 7), so that each
became...
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ΠΑΡΕΙΣΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ
(G3928) приходить, входить в уже
существующее положение вещей (SH).
ΠΛΕΟΝΆΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΛΕΟΝΆΖΩ (G4121)
быть или становиться больше,
присутствова...
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DISCOURSE: 1844
THE ABUNDANT GRACE OF GOD
Romans 5:20. _Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as
sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through
righteousness unto etern...
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MOREOVER, THE LAW, &C.— _But the law,_ &c. There can be nothing
plainer than that St. Paul, in this and the next verse, makes a
comparison between the state of the Jews, and that of the Gentiles, as
i...
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_TEXT_
Romans 5:20-21. And the law came in besides, that the trespass might
abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:
Romans 5:21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might...
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Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where
sin abounded, grace did much more abound: MOREOVER THE LAW ENTERED, [
pareiseelthen (G3922)] - 'entered incidentally' or 'parentheti...
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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....
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5:20 in, (a-4) Came in as an extra thing, or by the by....
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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...
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ENTERED] RV 'came in beside': cp. Galatians 3:19. OFFENCE] RV
'trespass,' i.e. Adam's. ABOUND] i.e. multiply: cp. Romans 3:20;
Romans 7:13.
MUCH MORE ABOUND] overpowering the sin....
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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...
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(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...
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ENTERED. — A graphic metaphorical expression: “Came in to the side
of” the sin already existing; “took its place,” as it were,
“by the side of” sin, and joined forces with it, thus greatly
adding to i...
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The Apostle had already (Romans 5:13) alluded to the intervention of
the Law. Now he returns to the topic, and in order to complete his
historical view of the origin of sin through Adam, and its atone...
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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...
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f. “The comparison between Adam and Christ is closed. But in the
middle, between the two, stood the law” (Meyer). Paul must refer to
it in such a way as to indicate the place it holds in the order of...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Now the law entered in. Not that the law was designed for that end;
but the word that, as in many other places, so here expresseth only
the consequence that followed, when sinners occasionally became...
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“ _Now the law was added, that the offence might abound. But where
sin abounded, grace superabounded more: that as sin hath reigned unto
death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto ete...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_THE TRIUMPH OF GRACE_
‘Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.’
Romans 5:20
Grace runs through the epistles of St. Paul like a silver thread. We
do not wonder at this when we remember what...
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20._But the law intervened_, _etc. _This subject depends on what he
had said before — that there was sin before the law was published.
This being the case, then follows immediately this question — For...
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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...
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MOREOVER, THE LAW ENTERED,.... By "the law" is meant, not the law of
nature, much less the law of sin; rather the ceremonial law, which
came in over and above the moral law; it entered but for a time;...
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Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound:
Ver. 20. _But where sin abounded_] But then where sin that abounded
in the life, it abound...
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THE LAW ENTERED; a written revelation of the will of God was given and
embodied in the moral and ceremonial law of the Old Testament.
THAT THE OFFENCE MIGHT ABOUND; as men, after the giving of the wri...
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A summary of the argument:...
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MOREOVER, THE LAW ENTERED THAT THE OFFENSE MIGHT ABOUND. BUT WHERE SIN
ABOUNDED, GRACE DID MUCH MORE ABOUND,...
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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...
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÷ 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 -...
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"AND THE LAW CAME IN BESIDES, THAT THE TRESPASS MIGHT ABOUND; BUT
WHERE SIN ABOUNDED, GRACE DID ABOUND MORE EXCEEDINGLY"."THE LAW": The
Law under consideration is the Law of Moses, Paul is now talking...
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20,21 By Christ and his righteousness, we have more and greater
privileges than we lost by the offence of Adam. The moral law showed
that many thoughts, tempers, words, and actions, were sinful, thus...
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OLBGrk;
Here he shows the reason why the law was given; although (as it is in
ROMANS 5:13) before that time sin was in the world, it was THAT THE
OFFENCE MIGHT ABOUND; either strictly, the offence of...
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And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where
sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly :...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
ignorant, however, that "where sin abounded, grace did much more
abound."[469]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
enemies can ever be reduced to peace. "Moreover,...
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Romans 5:20 Moreover G1161 law G3551 entered G3922 (G5627) that G2443
offense G3900 abound G4121 (G5661) But...
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THE EFFECT OF THE LAW AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF CHRIST'S OBEDIENCE
(5:20-21).
In case anyone may question how the giving of the Law came into the
equation Paul now explains. All that the Law accomplished...
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‘And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound, but
where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly,'
The emphasis here is on the fact that the Law could not save, it could
only co...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Romans 5:20. BUT THE LAW. The Mosaic law is meant, although the
article is wanting in the original. ‘What of the law then?' was the
question the Jew, and, indeed, any early Christian would ask. ‘But'...
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CAME IN BESIDE
(παρεισηλθεν). Second aorist active indicative of double
compound παρεισερχομα, late verb, in N.T. only here and
Galatians 2:4 which see. See also εισηλθεν in verse Romans
5:12. The...
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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...
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Romans 5:20
Abounding Sin; Over-abounding Grace.
I. Grace. Here are the two antagonists grace and sin. Both would be
kings; one only has the power to reign. Grace is not just synonymous
with love, th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LAW WAS INTRODUCED. Not only the Law of Moses, but all divine law. The
effect of its introduction was to increase wrongdoing. (See Romans
7:7-11). This is speaking about each person's _personal sin._...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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_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...
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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:...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:13; 2 Chronicles 33:9; 2 Corinthians
3:7;...
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The law entered [π α ρ ε ι σ η λ θ ε ν] Rev., literally,
came in beside, giving the force of para beside. Very significant. Now
that the parallel between Adam and Christ is closed, the question
arises...
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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...
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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...
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The law came in between — The offence and the free gift. That the
offence might abound — That is, the consequence (not the design) of
the law's coming in was, not the taking away of sin, but the incre...
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THE LAW ENTERED THAT SIN MIGHT ABOUND; That is, before the law was
written, we became obnoxious to death by one man's disobedience,
without much sense of it; but after the law was given by Moses, sin...