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13 Sin was already in the world before there was any Law, even though sin is not reckoned when there is no Law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned by disobeying a command, as did Adam who prefigured the one who was to come.

15 Grace and Life through Christ. However, the gift is not like the transgression. For if the transgression of one man led to the death of the many,[a] how much greater was the overflowing effect of the grace of God and the gift of the one man Jesus Christ that has abounded for the many.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:15 The many: this has the same meaning as “everyone” in verse 12 (see Isa 53:11; Mk 10:45).