The One and the Many
Romans 5:16
And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation…


With the one sinner is contrasted the multitude of the justified. What a difference between the power of the spark which sets fire to the forest by lighting a withered branch, and the power of the instrument which extinguishes the conflagration at the moment when every tree is on fire, and makes them all live again.

(Prof. Godet.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

WEB: The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.




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