Romans 5:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.”
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“For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 5:19 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
- Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- Romans 5:15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
- Romans 5:18So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
- Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
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