Romans 5:13-15

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

¹³for until the Law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged-to-the-account, there being no law. ¹⁴Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over the ones not having sinned in the likeness^[a] of the transgression of Adam, who is a pattern^[b] of the One coming.

One Sin Brought Death To Adam’s Many. God’s Gift Abounded To Christ’s Many

¹⁵But not as is the trespass, so also^[c] is the grace-gift. For if by the trespass of the one man the many^[d] died, by much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ abounded for the many.

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Footnotes

Romans 5:14 Adam violated a requirement of God. Those living until Moses had no such requirement from God, so they did not sin in the same manner. Thus ‘all sinned’ in v 12 cannot mean ‘transgressed God’s command’. In some sense death is a consequence upon all humanity of Adam’s one act of sin.
Romans 5:14 Before Paul explains how Adam and Christ are similar (v 18, as, so also), he first explains how they are not similar, v 15-17.
Romans 5:15 not as... so also. That is, the trespass is not like the gift. The trespass brought a deserved end to life; the undeserved gift abounded in life.
Romans 5:15 When referring to Adam, ‘the many’ and ‘all’ mean all his physical progeny, mankind. When referring to Christ, they mean all His spiritual progeny, those receiving the gift, v 17.

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