I just realized I never posted Romans 5:12-21 🙂
Romans 5:12-21
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned
13 for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
16 The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.
17 For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Read Romans 5:12. Through how many men did sin enter the world? Circle your answer.
3 2 1 7
Read Romans 5:12 again. What entered the world through sin?
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Read Romans 5:12 one more time. How many men did death spread to? Circle your answer.
few some couple several all
Read Romans 5:13. What came first the Law or sin?
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Read Romans 5:14. What reigned from Adam to Moses to prove that sin came first?
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Did people die before God gave Israel the Law (Ten Commandments)? Circle your answer.
Yes No
Read Romans 5:15-21. These verses compare and contrast two different men and two different events. We will learn about a man named Adam and a man named Jesus. Let’s do some background work.
Who is Adam? Read Genesis 1:26-29 and Genesis 2:15-25 to find out.
Who is Jesus? Read John 1:1-5, John 1:14-18, and John 3:16 to find out.
What happened because of Adam? Read Genesis 3:1-24 to find out.
What happened because of Jesus? Read John 14:1-31 to find out.
Adam disobeyed His Father. He sinned and had to leave the garden of his Father. He was unable to return.
Jesus obeyed the Father. He never sinned and has come to take us back to the Father with Him! He is the way back to the Father’s house for all who believe.
Now let’s turn back to Romans 5:15-21 and see what else we learn about Adam and Jesus and what they mean to us.
Read Romans 5:15. Complete the sentence below by filling in the blanks.
But the free gift is __ __ __ like the transgression.
What is the free gift. Look back at Romans 3:24 to find out. Fill in the blanks with your answer.
being __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
The free gift is being justified and receiving life. It is receiving the free gift of the grace of God.
The transgression is being condemned and receiving death. It it receiving the due penalty of the wrath of God.
These are two very different things aren’t they?
Read Romans 5:15-17 again and answer the following questions.
Who is “the one” who caused “the many” to die by transgression?
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Who is the one who caused the grace of God to abound to “the many”?
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Read Romans 5:18-19. Look at the chart below. I have filled in the “what” and “results” section for you. I need you to fill in the “who” section.
| What | Results | Who |
| one transgression | resulted condemnation to all men | |
| One act of righteousness | resulted justification of life to all men | |
| one disobedience | many were made sinners | |
| obedience of the One | many will be made righteous |
Read Romans 5:20. Why did the Law come?
So __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ would
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Remember Romans 3:20? What comes through the Law?
the __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ of sin
Remember Romans 3:10-18? How many of us do good? Circle your answer.
some of us all of us none of us
Read Romans 5:20. What abounded all the more as sin increased?
__ __ __ __ __
Read Romans 5:21. Fill in the blanks below.
Sin reigned in __ __ __ __ __
Grace would reign in __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ to eternal __ __ __ __ through __ __ __ __ __
THINK ABOUT IT…
Are you wondering, how does the Law make sin increase and how does an increase in sin lead to more grace? Those are good questions to wonder about.
When we read the Law and the rest of God’s Word we learn about His standard and His holiness. We learn what He says is good and right.
When we learn what He says is good and right and then we compare our actions, thoughts, and words to His we realize that we are great sinners. We realize that we disobey. We realize that we are just like Adam in the garden.
And if we are just like Adam then we realize that we under condemnation and the wrath of God.
When we realize this we have two choices.
We can stay where we are and continue to love sin.
We can cry out to God for help and believe on Jesus and be saved. In Adam all die. In Christ all who believe live.
Let’s close our study in Romans 5 by filling in the chart below with pictures to help illustrate the difference between Adam and Jesus.
| ADAM | JESUS |