Romans 5:18 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 5:18

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

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Therefore, as by the offense of one, etc. - The Greek text of this verse is as follows: - Αρα ουν, ὡς δι’ ἑνος παραπτωματος, εις παντας ανθρωπους εις κατακριμα· αυτω και ἑνος δικαιωματος, εις παντας ανθρωπους, εις δικαιωσιν ζωης; which literally rendered stands thus: - Therefore, as by one offense unto all men, unto condemnation; so likewise, by one righteousness unto all men, to justification of life. This is evidently an elliptical sentence, and its full meaning can be gathered only from the context.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Justification of life - Is that sentence of God, by which a sinner under sentence of death is adjudged to life.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

First, By the offence and disobedience of one many were made sinners, and judgment came upon all men to condemnation. That Adam's sin was disobedience, disobedience to a plain and express command: and it was a command of trial. The thing he did was therefore evil because it was forbidden, and not otherwise; but this opened the door to other sins, though itself seemingly small.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But this is to limit the apostle's idea too much; for as the same word is properly rendered "righteousness" in Ro 8:4, where it means "the righteousness of the law as fulfilled by us who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit," so here it denotes Christ's whole "obedience unto death," considered as the one meritorious ground of the reversal of the condemnation which came by Adam.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
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 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:21–22
  For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
- Romans 6:23
  For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 5:19
  For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- Romans 3:23
  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- James 1:15
  Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Through
Romans 5:19
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
leads to
- Romans 5:12
  Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Through
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
leads to
- Romans 5:12–21
  Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans