Romans Chapter 5 Vs. 19

 

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Rom 5:19

by one man’s... Through Adam’s sin, a sentence of death—without a promise of resurrection—passed upon all men; so, by the obedience of Christ taking man’s place, the sentence was completely cancelled and original dominion restored. One is constituted a sinner through Adam, not by his personal sins; so one is constituted righteous through Christ, not by his personal acts of righteousness.

obedience of one... The obedience unto death (Phlp. 2:8). This was the righteous act of Rom. 5:18.

These many who were made sinners, just means that through the ancestry of Adam and Eve they knew sin. The natural thing for anyone to do is to listen to the lust of the flesh. The opportunity and the desire to sin were available to all. Each person has done their own sinning.

Righteousness is made available to all mankind through Jesus Christ. Again, we must accept His righteousness into our lives. He (Jesus), has made it available for all of us, but we must act upon this availability before it will bring life and righteousness into our lives.

1 Pet. 3:18 “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”

We too must put our flesh to death that we might live in His Spirit.

Gal. 5:24 “And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”

The same conclusion is stated in different words in Rom. 5:19, where Adam’s act is called disobedience and the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ is called obedience. As a result the many (cf. first halves of Rom. 5:15, 5:18) were made (lit., “stand constituted as”) sinners (cf. Rom. 11:32). In the second half of Rom. 5:19 the many means “those who receive” (Rom. 5:17; cf. “many” in the second half of Rom. 5:16). They are not simply declared righteous (the verb dikaioō; is not used here), but they will be made righteous in the process of sanctification, culminating in glorification in God’s presence. The word “made” (from kathistēmi) means “stand constituted as,” the same verb used in the first half of Rom. 5:19 in the words “were made sinners.”