Romans 5:12-21
Death
Through Adam, Life Through Christ
12 “Therefore, just as sin entered the
world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death
came to all people, because all sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world
before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where
there is no law.
14 Nevertheless, death reigned from
the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by
breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the
trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much
more did GOD’S GRACE
and THE GIFT THAT CAME
BY THE GRACE OF THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST, overflow to the many!
16 Nor can THE GIFT OF GOD be compared with the
result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought
condemnation, but THE
GIFT FOLLOWED MANY TRESPASSES AND BROUGHT JUSTIFICATION.
17 For if, by the trespass of the one
man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who
receive GOD’S ABUNDANT
PROVISION OF GRACE and of THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS reign in LIFE through THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST!
18 Consequently, just as one trespass
resulted in condemnation for all people, so also ONE RIGHTEOUS ACT RESULTED IN
JUSTIFICATION AND LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
19 For just as through the
disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also
through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was brought in so that the
trespass might increase. But where sin increased, GRACE increased all
the more,
21 so that, just as sin reigned in
death, so also GRACE might
reign through RIGHTEOUSNESS
to bring ETERNAL LIFE through
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.”
