Romans 5:13

"Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned."

Key Reflection

This verse underscores that sin and its consequence, death, entered the human race through Adam's actions, and thus all humanity inherited both sin and death as a result of his single transgression. It highlights how individual actions have profound and far-reaching spiritual implications for the entire human race.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 13. For until the law, etc. This verse, with the following verses, to the 17th, is usually regarded as a parenthesis. The law here evidently means the law given by Moses. "Until the commencement of that administration, or state of things under the law." To see the reason why he referred to this period between Adam and the law, we should recall the design of the apostle, which is to show the exceeding grace of God in the gospel, abounding, and super abounding, as a complete remedy for all the evils introduced by sin.

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