Romans 5:12-21
Therefore,
just as through one man sin
entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all
men, because all sinned— (For
until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when
there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had
not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who
is a type of Him who was to come.
But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one
man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the
grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that
which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which
came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the
free gift which came from many offenses resulted in
justification.
For if
by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more
those
who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will
reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came
to all
men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act
the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of
life. For as by
one
man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s
obedience many will be made righteous.
Moreover
the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin
abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned
in death, even so
grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
- Through one man (Adam) sin entered the world, and death through
sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.
- The grace of God and the gift by the grace of Jesus have
abounded to many.
- If by the one man's
offense death reigned througth the one (Adam), much
more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
- Through one man's (Adam) offense judgment came to all men,
resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's (Jesus) righteous act the free gift came to all
men, resulting in justification of life.
- By one man's (Adam)
disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one
Man's (Jesus) obedience many
will be made righteous.
Romans 3:23,24
for all
have sinned and fall short
of
the glory of God, being
justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus
Romans 8:1-17
There is
therefore now
no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not
walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For
the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do
in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His
own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He
condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous
requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who
do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those
who live according
to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who
live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is
death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is
enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed
can be. So then, those
who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the
flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now
if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And
if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is
life because of righteousness.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised
Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal
bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Therefore, brethren, we
are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to
the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds
of the body, you will live. For as
many as are led by the
Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the
spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of
adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our
spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God
and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him,
that
we may also be glorified together.
- There is no condemnation
to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the
flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made
christians free from the law of sin and death.
- Jesus condemned sin in
the
flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in
us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- To be carnally minded is
death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
- The carnal mind is enmity
against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can
be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
- If the Spirit of Him who
raised
Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead
will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells
in you.
- If you live according to
the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds
of the body, you will live.
- As many as are led by the
Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
For the
wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians
15:50-58
Now
this I
say, brethren, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption
inherit incorruption.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed— in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed. For
this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality.
So
when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put
on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is
written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“ O Death, where is
your sting?
O Hades, where is your
victory?”
The sting of death is sin, and the strength
of sin is
the law. But thanks be
to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the
Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Ephesians 2:1-10
And you He made alive, who were dead in
trespasses and sins, in which you once
walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince
of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of
disobedience, among whom also we all
once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of
wrath, just as the others.
But God, who is rich in
mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead
in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have
been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the
heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to
come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in
Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is
the gift of God, not of
works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we
should walk in them.
1 John 3:8,9
He who
sins is of the devil, for the
devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God
was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God
does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because
he has been born of God.
1 Peter 3:12
For
the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,
And His ears are open
to their prayers;
But
the face of the LORD is against
those who do evil.
Isaiah 59:1-8
Behold,
the
LORD’s hand is not
shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.
But your
iniquities have separated you from your God;
And
your sins have hidden His face from you,
So
that He will not hear.
For your hands are defiled with blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered
perversity.
No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for
truth.
They trust in empty words and speak
lies;
They conceive evil and bring forth
iniquity.
They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the
spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is
crushed a viper breaks out.
Their webs will not become garments,
Nor will they cover themselves with
their works;
Their works are works of
iniquity,
And the act of violence is
in their hands.
Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed
innocent blood;
Their thoughts are thoughts
of iniquity;
Wasting and destruction are
in their paths.
The way of peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in
their ways;
They have made themselves crooked
paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not
know peace.
- Those who
live in iniquity are separated from from God.
- God hides His
face from those who live in sin so that He
will not hear them.
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