Romanos 5:13-14 ARC

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

(b) From consideration of the blessed effects on believers of faith in the reconciliation through Christ, the apostle now passes to the effects of that reconciliation as the position of the whole human race before God. His drift is that the reconciliation corresponds to the original transgression; both proceeded from one , and both include all mankind in their results; as the one introduced sin into the world, and, as its consequence, death, so the other introduced righteousness, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

Grace abounding. Here the apostle contrasts the reign of sin with the reign of grace, and shows that, while there is a point of similarity between them, there are many points in which they differ, and in which grace is triumphant over sin. All this is for the encouragement of the sinner, that he may be led from the captivity of sin to hope and live under the influence of God's mercy. I. GRACE AND SIN BOTH CAME BY ONE PERSON . "By one man sin entered into the world, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

Representative responsibility. In last section we saw the blessed state into which the justified believer comes—a state of peace, of gracious acceptance, of glorious hope, of joy in God. The apostle in the present section expounds the relation in which mankind stands to the two great representatives, Adam and Christ. We cannot do better than consider these two representatives in the order named, and how they are related to the race. I. THE FIRST ADAM AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:13-14

For until Law ( i.e. all through the time previous to the revelation of law) sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression . Though νόμος , where it first occurs in Romans 5:13 , refers definitely, as appears from the context, to the Law of Moses, yet it is without the article, as denoting the principle of law, of which the Mosaic code... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:12-21

Romans 5:12-21 has been usually regarded as the most difficult part of the New Testament. It is not the design of these notes to enter into a minute criticism of contested points like this. They who wish to see a full discussion of the passage, may find it in the professedly critical commentaries; and especially in the commentaries of Tholuck and of Professor Stuart on the Romans. The meaning of the passage in its general bearing is not difficult; and probably the whole passage would have been... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:14

Nevertheless - Notwithstanding that sin is not imputed where there is no law, yet death reigned.Death reigned - People died; they were under the dominion of death in its various melancholy influences. The expression “death reigned” is one that is very striking. It is a representation of death as a monarch; having dominion over all that period, and overall those generations. Under his dark and withering reign people sank down to the grave. We have a similar expression when we represent death as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 5:12-13

Romans 5:12-13. Wherefore This refers to all the preceding discourse, from which the apostle infers what follows: he does not therefore make a digression, but returns to speak again of sin and righteousness; as if he had said, “We may from these premises infer, that the benefit which we believers receive from Christ is equal to the detriment we derive from Adam; yea, is on the whole greater than that.” For, as by one man That is, Adam, the common father of the human species; (he is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 5:14

Romans 5:14. Nevertheless Though the law was not yet given by Moses, yet sin was in the world, and was imputed, as appears by this, that death, which is the punishment of sin, was in the world at that time, and reigned Brought all under its power, from Adam to Moses As Romans 5:21, and Romans 6:12, even over them, &c. Not only over them that had sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, but also over infants that had not committed actual sin, as Adam had done, and over... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

Adam and Christ (5:12-21)The Bible views the human race as existing originally in Adam. Therefore, when Adam sinned, humankind in general was involved in his sin. This doctrine is known as original sin; that is, humankind sinned originally in Adam (12).It is true that sin is disobedience to a law, whether that law is in the form of the commandment God gave to Adam or in the form of the law-code he gave to Moses. Yet sin is present even where there is no law. This is clearly seen in the biblical... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 5:13

imputed . Not the same word as in Romans 4:6 , &c. Greek. ellogeo. Only here and Philemon 1:18 . when, &c . = there not (Greek. me) being law. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:13-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:12-21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 5:12-13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 5:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 5:12-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 5:13

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