DEATH THROUGH ADAM, LIFE THROUGH CHRIST

Romans 5:12-21

12 THEREFORE, JUST AS SIN ENTERED THE WORLD

THROUGH ONE MAN,

AND DEATH THROUGH SIN,

AND IN THIS WAY DEATH CAME TO ALL MEN,

BECAUSE ALL SINNED--

13 For before the Law was given,

Sin was in the World.

But Sin is not taken into account when there is no Law.

14 Nevertheless, Death Reigned

From the time of Adam to the time of Moses,

Even over those who did not Sin by breaking a Command,

As did Adam, who was a Pattern of the one to come.

15 But the Gift is not like the Trespass of the one man,

How much more did God's Grace and the Gift

that came by the Grace of the one man,

Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

16 Again, the Gift of God

Is not like the result of the one man's Sin:

THE JUDGMENT FOLLOWED ONE SIN

AND BROUGHT CONDEMNATION,

BUT THE GIFT FOLLOWED MANY TRESPASSES

AND BROUGHT JUSTIFICATION.

17 For if, by the Trespass of the one man,

Death Reigned through that one man,

How much more will those who receive

God's Abundant Provision of Grace

And the gift of Righteousness

Reign in Life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

18 CONSEQUENTLY, JUST AS THE RESULT OF ONE TRESPASS

WAS CONDEMNATION FOR ALL MEN,

SO ALSO THE RESULT OF ONE ACT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

WAS JUSTIFICATION THAT BRINGS LIFE

FOR ALL MEN.

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.

20 THE LAW WAS ADDED

THAT THE TRESPASS MIGHT INCREASE.

BUT WHERE SIN INCREASED,

GRACE INCREASED ALL THE MORE,

21 SO THAT, JUST AS SIN REIGNED IN DEATH,

SO ALSO GRACE MIGHT REIGN THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS

TO BRING ETERNAL LIFE

THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.

(Romans 5:12-21)

Today, as in all previous Generations,

The World exists in Death,

Under the Rule of the one

Who brings Death, Satan.

Only by receiving Christ, Who is Life,

Does the sentence of Death cease to exist.

The World exists in Death

Because it Refuses to Love the Truth.

(2 Thessalonians 2:10)