In Romans 5:12-21, Paul explains how sin entered the world through Adam, and was overcome by Jesus. Paul begins by explaining that sin entered the world through Adam. In Genesis chapter 3, Eve falls into the temptation of the serpent, however, Adam is to blame because he allowed Eve to do it. This one sin… Continue reading →

In Romans chapter 5, Paul compares the affects the actions of Adam and Christ had on humanity and life and death. Adam was tempted by Satan and fell a slave to sin, bringing sin into the world; with it came death. God henceforth declared that the result of sin for all humanity is death. However,… Continue reading →

In Romans, Paul writes about both Adam and Jesus and uses their actions to compare their consequences of humanity. Adam, disobedient of the Lord, sent sin into the world through his temptation. Adam and Christ are compared because Adam brought death into the world, but Christ defeated death through his crucifixion and resurrection. Both were… Continue reading →

In Romans 5:12-21, Paul describes Adam and Christ side by side. The first point Paul makes is that when Adam sinned, sin, and therefore death, was brought into the world and spread to everyone (5:12). Because there was no law to break, sin was technically not counted as sin (5:13). Adam was a symbol, a… Continue reading →

In Paul’s view sin, following the idea that sin is a cosmic agent, entered the world, because Adam as the first man sinned, sin in this immediate context being an action performed by some one that offends against God, and since Adam was the whole of humanity, those guilty of sin (Judicial model)  therefore consisted… Continue reading →