Until the law (αχρ νομου). Until the Mosaic law. Sin was there before the Mosaic law, for the Jews were like Gentiles who had the …

For until the law, and so on. This verse, along with the following verses up to the 17th, is usually regarded as a parenthesis.

The…

This much we can see; this much is a simple matter of history: that sin was in the world from Adam onward. But here is the difficulty. Sin existed,…

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 dash at the end of v.12 (NIV) is intended to indicate that the comparison that Paul launched with his “just as” is not carried through. In view…

For until the law, etc. This parenthesis anticipates an objection. Since there seems to be no transgression without the law, it might have…

For until the law, sin was in the world This is a proof of sin's having entered into the world, by one man's transgression of the p…

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 …

1. After tracing the origin of sin and death and their entry into the world, the Apostle now clarifies what he has said.

   1. He exp…