Romans 5:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Adam disobeyed God and caused many others to be sinners. But Jesus obeyed him and will make many people acceptable to God.

Cross References

Daniel 9:24

God has decided that for seventy weeks, your people and your holy city must suffer as the price of their sins. Then evil will disappear, and justice will rule for ever; the visions and words of the prophets will come true, and a most holy place will be dedicated.

Romans 11:32

All people have disobeyed God, and that's why he treats them as prisoners. But he does this, so that he can have mercy on all of them.

Romans 5:12

Adam sinned, and that sin brought death into the world. Now everyone has sinned, and so everyone must die.

Romans 5:15

But the gift that God was kind enough to give was very different from Adam's sin. That one sin brought death to many others. Yet in an even greater way, Jesus Christ alone brought God's gift of kindness to many people.

Romans 5:18

Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life.

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ never sinned! But God treated him as a sinner, so that Christ could make us acceptable to God.

Ephesians 1:6

God was very kind to us because of the Son he dearly loves, and so we should praise God.

Philippians 2:8

Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross.