Romans 5:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Well then, as one man's trespass [one man's false step and falling away led] to condemnation for all men, so one Man's act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal and right standing with God and life for all men.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ So then as through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men to justification of life.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ So now the righteous requirements necessary for life are met for everyone through the righteous act of one person, just as judgment fell on everyone through the failure of one person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Therefore, just as through the offense of one, all men fell under condemnation, so also through the justice of one, all men fall under justification unto life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Therefore, as by the offence of one, unto all men to condemnation; so also by the justice of one, unto all men to justification of life.

Romans 5:18 Cross References

Isaiah 53:11

Out of his anguish he shall see; he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge. The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.

John 1:7

He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.

John 12:32

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

John 3:26

They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”

Acts 13:39

by this Jesus everyone who believes is set free from all those sins from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Romans 3:25

whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;

Romans 4:25

who was handed over for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.

Romans 5:12

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned—

Romans 5:15

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many.

Romans 5:19

For just as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

Romans 6:14

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

1 Corinthians 15:22

for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.

Hebrews 2:9

but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as equally honorable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

1 John 2:20

But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge.