Romans 5:18

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.

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WEBBE

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.

BSB

So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.

KJV

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

ASV

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.

BBE

So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.

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Ἄρα Ara So G686 οὖν oun then G3767 ὡς hōs just as G5613 δι di᾽ through G1223 ἑνὸς henos one G1520 παραπτώματος paraptōmatos trespass G3900 εἰς eis to G1519 πάντας pantas all G3956 ἀνθρώπους anthrōpous men G444 εἰς eis [it is] unto G1519 κατάκριμα katakrima condemnation G2631 οὕτως houtōs so G3779 καὶ kai also G2532 δι di᾽ through G1223 ἑνὸς henos one G1520 δικαιώματος dikaiōmatos act of righteousness G1345 εἰς eis to G1519 πάντας pantas all G3956 ἀνθρώπους anthrōpous men G444 εἰς eis [it is] unto G1519 δικαίωσιν dikaiōsin justification G1347 ζωῆς zōēs of life G2222

The early church

And he insists again upon it, showing that the second was greater than the first, he wants again here also further confirmation of these. For, before, he had said that if one man's sin slew all, much more will the grace of One have the power to save. After that he shows that it was not that sin only that was done away by the grace, but all the rest too, and that it was not that the sins were done away only, but that righteousness was given. And Christ did not merely do the same amount of good that Adam did of harm, but far more and greater good.
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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Fall Of Man

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