12Therefore, as sin came into the world through one man, and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men, [no one being able to stop it or to escape its power] because all men sinned.
13[To be sure] sin was in the world before ever the Law was given, but sin is not charged to men’s account where there is no law [to transgress].
14Yet death held sway from Adam to Moses [the Lawgiver], even over those who did not themselves transgress [a positive command] as Adam did. Adam was a type (prefigure) of the One Who was to come [in reverse, the former destructive, the Latter saving].
15But God’s free gift is not at all to be compared to the trespass [His grace is out of all proportion to the fall of man]. For if many died through one man’s falling away (his lapse, his offense), much more profusely did God’s grace and the free gift [that comes] through the undeserved favor of the one Man Jesus Christ abound and overflow to and for [the benefit of] many.
16Nor is the free gift at all to be compared to the effect of that one [man’s] sin. For the sentence [following the trespass] of one [man] brought condemnation, whereas the free gift [following] many brings justification (an act of righteousness).
17For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
18Well then, as one man’s trespass [one man’s false step and falling away] led to condemnation for all men, so one Man’s act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal and right standing with God and life for all men.
19For just as by one man’s disobedience (failing to hear, heedlessness, and carelessness) the many were constituted sinners, so by one Man’s obedience the many will be constituted righteous (made acceptable to God, brought into right standing with Him).
20But then Law came in, [only] to expand and increase the trespass [making it more apparent and exciting opposition]. But where sin increased and abounded, grace (God’s unmerited favor) has surpassed it and increased the more and superabounded,
21So that, [just] as sin has reigned in death, [so] grace (His unearned and undeserved favor) might reign also through righteousness (right standing with God) which issues in eternal life through Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) our Lord.
REVELATION 5 ADAM CHRIST
| verse 12 |
sin came into the world through one man, and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men | |
| 14 | destructive | saving |
| 15 | many died through one man’s falling away | much more profusely did God’s grace of the one Man Jesus Christ abound and overflow for many |
| 16 | For the sentence of one [man] brought condemnation | the free gift brings justification (an act of righteousness) |
| 17 | because of one man’s trespass death reigned through that one | much more will we receive [God’s] overflowing grace and the free gift of righteousness through the one Man Jesus Christ |
| 18 | one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men | one Man’s act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal, right standing with God and life for all men |
| 19 | by one man’s disobedience (failing to hear, heedlessness, and carelessness) the many were constituted sinners | by one Man’s obedience the many will be constituted righteous (made acceptable to God, brought into right standing with Him) |
| 20 | Law came to expand and increase the trespass; sin increased and abounded | grace (God’s unmerited favor) has surpassed it and increased the more |
| 21 | sin has reigned in death | grace (His unearned and undeserved favor) might reign through righteousness; eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord |
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