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.
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Gill's Exposition
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift,.... By "the offence", or "fall", as the word signifies, is meant the first sin of Adam; by which he offended God, and fell from that estate in which…
Barnes' Notes
But not as the offence - This is the first point of contrast between the effect of the sin of Adam and of the work of Christ. The word “offence” means properly a fall, where we stumble over anything…
Adam Clarke
But not as the offense, so also is the free gift - The same learned writer, quoted above, continues to observe: -
"It is evident that the apostle, in this and the two following verses, is running a…
The apostle here describes the fountain and foundation of justification, laid in the death of the Lord Jesus. The streams are very sweet, but, if you run them up to the spring-head, you will find it…
Cambridge Bible
But not Here, after the parallel of Adam and Christ, is stated the glorious differenceof the work of Christ. This occupies Rom 5:15-17. The difference is, the vastly greater wonderof His Work and its…
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