17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
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For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. …
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-21)The apostle here describes the fountain and foundation of justification, laid in the death of the Lord Jesus. The streams are very sweet, but, if you run them up to the spring-head, you will find it to be Christ’s dying for us; it is in the precious stream of Christ’s blood that all these privileges come flowing to us: and therefore he enlarges upon this instance of the love of God which is shed a…
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