Verse 15

But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Rom 5:12 : 12 The Amplification of Justification So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned–
  • Rom 5:16-20 : 16 And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification. 17 For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ! 18 Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. 10 They were shouting out in a loud voice,“Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
  • Isa 55:7-9 : 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them. 8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,” says the LORD, 9 “for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake– some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
  • Matt 26:28 : 28 for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
  • John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered her,“If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you,‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
  • Acts 15:11 : 11 On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him. 10 In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • 2 Cor 9:15 : 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!