Romans 5:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Romans 5:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 5:18
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Philippians 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Romans 5:12
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:
Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Topics

Adam Atonement Blood Depravity of Man Expiation Fall of Man Grace of God Guilt

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19. For, &c.--better, “For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so by the obedience of the One shall the many be made righteous.” On this great verse observe: First, By the “obedience” of Christ here is plainly not meant more than what divines call His active obedience, as distinguished from His sufferings and death; it is the entire work of Christ in its obediential c…