Romans 5:17 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

BSB

For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

ASV

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.

BBE

For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

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Εἰ Ei If G1487 γὰρ gar for G1063 τῷ tō by the G3588 τοῦ tou of the G3588 ἑνὸς henos one G1520 παραπτώματι paraptōmati trespass G3900 ὁ ho (the) G3588 θάνατος thanatos death G2288 ἐβασίλευσεν ebasileusen reigned G936 διὰ dia through G1223 τοῦ tou the G3588 ἑνός henos one G1520 πολλῷ pollō how much G4183 μᾶλλον mallon more G3123 οἱ hoi those G3588 τὴν tēn the G3588 περισσείαν perisseian excess G4050 τῆς tēs (the) G3588 χάριτος charitos of grace G5485 καὶ kai and G2532 τῆς tēs of the G3588 δωρεᾶς dōreas gift G1431 τῆς tēs (the) G3588 δικαιοσύνης dikaiosunēs of righteousness G1343 λαμβάνοντες lambanontes receiving G2983 ἐν en in G1722 ζωῇ zōēa life G2222 βασιλεύσουσιν basileusousin will reign G936 διὰ dia through G1223 τοῦ tou the G3588 ἑνὸς henos one G1520 Ἰησοῦ Iēsou Jesus G2424 Χριστοῦ.¶ Christou Christ G5547

The early church

What he says, amounts to this nearly. What armed death against the world? The one man's eating from the tree only. If then death attained so great power from one offence, when it is found that certain received a grace and righteousness out of all proportion to that sin, how shall they still be liable to death? And for this cause, he does not here say "grace," but "superabundance of grace." For it was not as much as we must have to do away the sin only, that we received of His grace, but even far more. For we were at once freed from punishment, and put off all iniquity, and were also born again from above and rose again with the old man buried, and were redeemed, justified, led up to adoption, sanctified, made brothers of the Only-begotten, and joint heirs and of one Body with Him, and counted for His Flesh, and even as a Body with the Head, so were we united unto Him! All these things then Paul calls a "superabundance" of grace, showing that what we received was not a medicine only to countervail the wound, but even health, and comeliness, and honor, and glory and dignities far transcending our natural state.

John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Romans

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–19

Through one man's offence, all mankind are exposed to eternal condemnation. But the grace and mercy of God, and the free gift of righteousness and salvation, are through Jesus Christ, as man: yet the Lord from heaven has brought the multitude of believers into a more safe and exalted state than that from which they fell in Adam. This free gift did not place them anew in a state of trial, but fixed them in a state of justification, as Adam would have been placed, had he stood. Notwithstanding the differences, there is a striking similarity. As by the offence of one, sin and death prevailed to the condemnation of all men, so by the righteousness of one, grace prevailed to the justification of all related to Christ by faith. Through the grace of God, the gift by grace has abounded to many through Christ; yet multitudes choose to remain under the dominion of sin and death, rather than to apply for the blessings of the reign of grace. But Christ will in nowise cast out any who are willing to come to him.

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