Even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression (κα επ τους μη αμαρτησαντας επ τω ομοιωματ της παραβ…

Nevertheless. Although sin is not imputed where there is no law, death still reigned.

Death reigned. Men died; they were u…

After the similitude of Adam’s transgression—that is, “in direct defiance of divine command.” They had not incurred just …

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…

Even over them, etc. Though this passage is commonly understood as referring to infants, who, being guilty of no actual sin, die …

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses
Though the law of Moses was not yet given, death exerted itself, and e…

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…