Romans 5:15
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
KJV
ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὡς τὸ παράπτωμα, οὕτως καὶ τὸ χάρισμα· εἰ γὰρ τῷ τοῦ ἑνὸς παραπτώματι οἱ πολλοὶ ἀπέθανον, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἡ δωρεὰ ἐν χάριτι τῇ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐπερίσσευσεν.
Greek NT
Sed non sicut delictum, ita et donum : si enim unius delicto multi mortui sunt : multo magis gratia Dei et donum in gratia unius hominis Jesu Christi in plures abundavit.
Vulgate
But not as the trespass, so also is the free gift. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound unto the many.
ASV
But not as the offence, so also the gift. For if by the offence of one, many died: much more the grace of God and the gift, by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δωρεά
dorea
noun · 11×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
παράπτωμα
paraptoma
noun · 19×
περισσεύω
perisseuo
verb · 39×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
χάρισμα
charisma
noun · 17×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
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11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§388With the progress of Revelation, the reality of sin is also illuminated. Although to some extent the People of God in the Old Testament had tried to understand the pathos of the human condition in the light of the history of the fall narrated in Genesis, they could not grasp this story's ultimate meaning, which is revealed only in the light of the death and Resurrection of Jesu…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210210.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
1. I could have wished to know for certain whether any hear with fitting earnestness the things that are said, whether we are not casting the seeds by the wayside: for in that case I should have made my instructions with more cheerfulness. For we shall speak, though no one hear, for the fear which is laid on us by our Saviour. For, says He, testify to this people; even if they …
§37When, however, there is question of another conjectural opinion, namely polygenism, the children of the Church by no means enjoy such liberty. For the faithful cannot embrace that opinion which maintains that either after Adam there existed on this earth true men who did not take their origin through natural generation from him as from the first parent of all, or that Adam repr…
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Calvin shows the blessed fruits of justification: peace with God, access by faith into grace, and rejoicing in hope of glory. God commends his love in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. The parallel between Adam and Christ is fundamental: as by one man sin entered the world and death by sin, so by one …
Is it fitting for God to become incarnate? Was it necessary for the restoration of the human race? If there had been no sin, would God have become incarnate? Did He become incarnate to take away original sin rather than actual? Was it fitting for God to become incarnate from the beginning of the world? Should His Incarnation have been deferred to the end of the world? Article 1…
If anyone asserts that this sin of Adam, which in its origin is one, and being transfused into all by propagation and not by imitation, is in each one as his own, is taken away either by the powers of human nature or by any other remedy than the merit of the one mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath reconciled us to God in his own blood — let him be anathema.
Q. Why must the mediator be truly human and truly righteous? A. God's justice demands that human nature, which has sinned, must pay for its sin; but a sinner could never pay for others.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:56 — The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
- 1John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 1Pet 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
- 2Cor 9:15 — Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
- 2Cor 9:15 — Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
- Acts 15:11 — But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
- Dan 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make i
- Eph 1:6 — To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
- Eph 1:8 — Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
- Eph 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
- Heb 9:28 — So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
- Isa 53:5 — But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
- Isa 53:11 — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
- Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- Matt 26:28 — For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
- Ps 25:11 — For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
- Rom 5:12 — Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
- Rom 5:16 — And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
- Rom 5:18 — 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.
- Rom 5:19 — For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
- Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Titus 2:11 — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
- Titus 3:7 — That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.