ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:1 Hope as a Result of Righteousness by
Faith. Believers in Christ, who are righteous in God’s sight, have a
sure hope of future glory and life eternal.
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:2 GRACE IN WHICH WE STAND. The believers’
secure position as a result of their justification. HOPE OF THE GLORY
OF GOD. The promise that Christians will be glorified and perfected at
the last day.
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:5 HOPE DOES NOT PUT US TO SHAME. Followers
of Christ have no reason to fear humiliation on the judgment day, for
they now belong to God.
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:6 In this and the following verses, Paul
shows how the believer’s subjective experience of God’s love (v.
Romans 5:5) is firmly based on the objective work of Christ on the
cross. WEAK here refers to lack of moral strength and is another way
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:9 Christians are JUSTIFIED (declared right
before God) because of Christ’s BLOOD poured out at the cross.
Therefore, they can know that they will be saved from God’s WRATH on
the day of judgment.
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:10 As in v. Romans 5:9, Paul argues from the
greater to the lesser. Since Christians are now RECONCILED to God
through Christ’s death, they can be assured that they will be SAVED
on the day to come. Here “saved” includes initial justification,
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:12 Adam brought sin and death into the
world, but those who have believed in Christ have hope. Christ has
reversed the consequences of Adam’s sin and has given his own life
and righteousness to secure their eternal glory. The extended
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:13 SIN IS NOT COUNTED WHERE THERE IS NO LAW.
Paul does not mean that people are guiltless without the law (see
Romans 2:12). Those without the written law are still judged by God
(see Genesis 6:1; Genesis 11:1).
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:14 Those who did not live under the law were
still judged for their sin, and therefore they died. Still, their
SINNING WAS NOT LIKE THE TRANSGRESSION OF ADAM: Adam violated a
commandment specifically given to him by God. Adam is a TYPE (that is,
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:15 Paul contrasts the consequences of the
work of Adam and of Christ five times in the next five verses. This
shows their roles as covenantal heads of the people they represent.
Paul clearly teaches “original sin,” the fact that all people
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:16 The ONE TRESPASS of Adam resulted in the
CONDEMNATION of all. But Christ overcame sin, therefore all who belong
to him enjoy JUSTIFICATION.
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:17 Death ruled the human race due to
Adam’s sin, but Christians now stand in eternal life as rulers
because of Christ’s work.
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:18 FOR ALL MEN. Based on these verses, some
interpreters have argued that all people will be saved. But Paul makes
it plain that only those who “receive” God’s gift belong to
Christ (v. Romans 5:17; see also Romans 1:16). The wording “AS...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:19 Because of Adam’s disobedience, all
people WERE MADE (caused to be) SINNERS. When Adam (mankind’s
representative) sinned, God viewed the whole human race as guilty
sinners. All are born with a sinful nature because of Adam’s sin.
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:20 The typical Jewish view in Paul’s day
was that God gave the law in order to reduce the human impulse to sin.
But Paul claims that the law was given TO INCREASE THE TRESPASS. That
is, once people had written laws from God, they were not just
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