Likewise Here is the strict resultof the truth just stated, when the position of Christ as the Second Adam is remembered. What He did and does, as such, was done and is done by those who are "in Him" as their Head.

reckon This word, just as in Romans 3:28, (E. V., "conclude,") marks a solid inference from facts. It impliesalso here an applicationof that inference to conscience, affections, and will; such as is now developed by the argument.

through Jesus Christ Lit., and far better, in Jesus Christ. The word "in" is quite strictly used here, of the relation of the Second Adam to His brethren. "Our Lord" should be omitted, on evidence of MSS., &c.

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