Study it in the app“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death spread to all people, because all sinned—”
How sin entered the world and reached everyoneGracePaul explains that sin entered through one man, and death with itDeath and Eternal Life
Therefore,Διὰ τοῦτοjust asὥσπερthroughδι’oneἑνὸςmanἀνθρώπουsinἡ ἁμαρτίαenteredεἰσῆλθενintoεἰςthe world,τὸν κόσμονandκαὶthroughδιὰsinτῆς ἁμαρτίαςdeath,ὁ θάνατοςandκαὶsoοὕτωςdeathὁ θάνατοςspreadδιῆλθενtoεἰςallπάνταςpeople,ἀνθρώπουςbecauseἐφ’ ᾧallπάντεςsinned—ἥμαρτον
just as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appearsone
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “henos” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpou” appearssin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartia” appearsenter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eisēlthen” appearsworld of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmon” appearsdeath
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatos” appearsgo about
To go from place to place, or for news to spread.
Where else “diēlthen” appearssin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
Where else “hēmarton” appearsThe sentence is broken off and taken up again in 5:18. “Because” has also been understood “in whom,” that is, in Adam.
11And not only that, but we are also boasting in God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
12 · This verse (above)
13For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged when there is no law.
1. What it says
What does Paul say God showed while we were still sinners? (v. 8)
2. What it means
Paul says affliction produces perseverance, then proven character, then hope (vv. 3-4). How do you understand that chain?
3. How I live it
Paul speaks of peace with God and of hope (vv. 1-2). What can you do today to live with more peace and hope?
