Romans 5:19

For as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the one will the many be constituted righteous.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

In Context

18So then, as through one trespass it came upon all men unto condemnation; so also through one righteous act it came upon all men unto justification of life.

20Moreover the law came in also, that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound;

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Cross References

Romans 5:12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all sinned;

Romans 5:18So then, as through one trespass it came upon all men unto condemnation; so also through one righteous act it came upon all men unto justification of life.

Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the beloved;

Revelation 7:9After these things I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no one could number, out of every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands.

Matthew Henry on Romans 5:7-21

The First and the Second Adam; The Influence of Grace. ( a. d. 58.) 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the… Read the whole commentary →

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