Romans 5.12-19
Posted: 02 Nov 2006 @ 00:00
12Just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through
sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned – 13sin was indeed in
the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. 14Yet
death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were
not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come.
15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through
the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free
gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. 16And
the free gift is not like the effect of the one man’s sin. For the judgement
following one trespass brought condemnation but the free gift following many
trespasses brings justification. 17If, because of the one man’s trespass, death
exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive
the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in
life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so the
act of righteousness of one leads to justification and life for all. 19For just
as by the one person’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one
man’s obedience the many will be made righteous