Romans 5:14

“Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of the one who was to come.”
Romans 5:14 · direct translation from the Greek

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Yetἀλλὰdeathὁ θάνατοςreignedἐβασίλευσενfromἀπὸAdamἈδὰμuntilμέχριMoses,Μωϋσέωςevenκαὶoverἐπὶthose whoτοὺςhad notμὴsinnedἁμαρτήσανταςinἐπὶthe likenessτῷ ὁμοιώματιof the transgressionτῆς παραβάσεωςof Adam,Ἀδάμwhoὅςisἐστινa figureτύποςof the one who was to come.τοῦ μέλλοντος

Explicit type · Genesis 3:17

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Paul speaks of the transgression of Adam (Genesis 3:17) and says that Adam is a “figure” (typos) of the one who was to come.

The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:

ὅς ἐστιν τύπος τοῦ μέλλοντος “who is a figure of the one who was to come” (Romans 5:14)

Romans 5:14, word by word

deathθάνατοςthanatos

death

The end of the body's life.

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reignedἐβασίλευσενebasileusen

reign, be king

Reign, be king, rule; also begin to reign.

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AdamἈδὰμAdam

Adam

Adam: the first man.

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untilμέχριmechri

until, as far as

Until; as far as.

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MosesΜωϋσέωςMōyseōs

Moses

Moses, who led Israel out of Egypt and received God's law.

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sinnedἁμαρτήσανταςhamartēsantas

sin

Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.

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the likenessὁμοιώματιhomoiōmati

likeness

Likeness: something made like something else, a form or resemblance.

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of the transgressionπαραβάσεωςparabaseōs

transgression

Transgression: stepping over a command, breaking it.

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isἐστινestin

To be: says who or what something is.

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a figureτύποςtypos

figure

Something that pointed to what was to come.

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of the one who was to comeμέλλοντοςmellontos

coming

What has not yet arrived: the new world.

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The context

13For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged when there is no law.

14 · This verse (above)

15But not as the trespass, so also is the gift. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of the one man Jesus the Messiah abound for the many.

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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?

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