Therefore (δια τουτο). "For this reason." What reason? Probably the argument made in verses 1-11, assuming our justification and u…

Verses 12-21 have been usually regarded as the most difficult part of the New Testament. It is not the design of these Notes to enter into a minute…

Therefore—The train of thought that follows is suggested by the mention that had just been made of atonement and reconciliation. W…

But we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the…

The one man through whom sin entered the world is not immediately named (see v.14). The same procedure of talking about a man before he is named is…

Wherefore as, etc. He now begins to expand on the same doctrine by comparing it with what is of an opposite character. For since …

Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world The design of these words, and of the following, is to show how men c…

The design of what follows is plain. It is to exalt our views respecting the blessings Christ has procured for us, by comparing them with the evil …

After indicating the benefits we obtained through Christ’s grace, the Apostle now indicates the evils from which we were set free. Concerning this,…