Romans 5:12-21

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

12 Therefore, just as t sin came into the world through one man, and u death through sin, and v so death spread to all men because w all sinned - 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but x sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not y like the transgression of Adam, z who was a type of a the one who was to come.

15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for b many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For c the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought d justification. 17 For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness e reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore, as one trespass 1 led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness 2 leads to justification and life for f all men. 19 For as by the one man's g disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's h obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now i the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, j grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, k as sin reigned in death, l grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 2:17
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    Genesis 3:6
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    1 Corinthians 15:21 - 22
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    Romans 5:15 - 17
    But the free gift is not like the trespass. For...
    Romans 6:9
    We know that Christ, being raised from the dead...
    Psalms 51:5
    Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in...
  2. Cross References
    Romans 6:23
    For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    James 1:15
    Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
  3. Cross References
    Romans 5:14
    Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
    Romans 5:21
    So that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
    1 Corinthians 15:22
    For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
  4. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:3
    Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 3:20
    For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
  6. Cross References
    Hosea 6:7
    But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
  7. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:45
    Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 11:3
    And said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?
  9. Cross References
    Romans 5:19
    For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
    Isaiah 53:11
    Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
  10. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 11:32
    But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
  11. Cross References
    Romans 5:18
    Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
  12. Cross References
    Revelation 22:5
    And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
  13. Cross References
    John 12:32
    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
  14. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 10:6
    Being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
  15. Cross References
    Hebrews 5:8
    Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
    Philippians 2:8
    And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
  16. Cross References
    Galatians 3:19
    Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
    Romans 3:20
    For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
  17. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:14
    And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
  18. Cross References
    Romans 5:12
    Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned -
    Romans 5:14
    Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
  19. Cross References
    John 1:17
    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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