Romans 5:19

for as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

18Therefore then, as by the transgression of one, judgment came to all men to condemnation; so also through the righteousness of one, the free gift came on all men unto the justification of life:

20But the law came, that the transgression might abound; but where sin did abound, there did grace superabound:

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Cross References

Romans 5:12Therefore, as by one man sin came into the world, and death by sin; and thus death came upon all men, in that all sinned;

Romans 5:18Therefore then, as by the transgression of one, judgment came to all men to condemnation; so also through the righteousness of one, the free gift came on all men unto the justification of life:

Ephesians 1:6unto the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved:

Revelation 7:9After these things I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no one was able to number, out of every nation, and 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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