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**righteous**
See [Romans 1:1](../../../kjv/romans/1/1); [Romans 1:19](../../../kjv/romans/1/19) *(See Scofield "*[Romans 1:19](../../../kjv/romans/1/19)*")* .

**Reconciliation**
See [Romans 5:10](../../../kjv/romans/5/10),[Romans 5:11](../../../kjv/romans/5/11) [2 Corinthians 5:18-20](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/18-20); [Colossians 1:21](../../../kjv/colossians/1/21).

The "wherefore" relates back to [Romans 3:19-23](../../../kjv/romans/3/19-23) and may be regarded as a continuation of the discussion of the universality of sin, interrupted ; [Romans 3:24-11](../../../kjv/romans/3/24-11); by the passage on justification and its results.
**have sinned**
The first sin wrought the moral ruin of the race. The demonstration is simple.
(1) Death is universal ([Romans 4:12](../../../kjv/romans/4/12); [Romans 4:14](../../../kjv/romans/4/14)), all die: sinless infants, moral people, religious people, equally with the depraved. For a universal effect there must be a universal cause; that cause is a state of universal sin ([Romans 5:12](../../../kjv/romans/5/12)).
(2) But this universal state must have had a cause. It did. The consequence of Adam's sin was that "the many were made sinners" ([Romans 5:19](../../../kjv/romans/5/19))--"By the offence of one judgment came upon all men unto condemnation" ([Romans 5:18](../../../kjv/romans/5/18)).
(3) Personal sins are not meant here. From Adam to Moses death reigned ([Romans 5:14](../../../kjv/romans/5/14)), although, there being no law, personal guilt was not imputed ([Romans 5:13](../../../kjv/romans/5/13)). Accordingly, from [Genesis 4:7](../../../kjv/genesis/4/7) to [Exodus 29:14](../../../kjv/exodus/29/14) the sin-offering is not once mentioned. Then, since physical death from Adam to Moses was not due to the sinful acts of those who die ([Romans 5:13](../../../kjv/romans/5/13)), it follows that it was due to a universal sinful state, or nature, and that state is declared to be out inheritance from Adam.
(4) the moral state of fallen man is described in Scripture [Genesis 6:5](../../../kjv/genesis/6/5); [1 Kings 8:46](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/46); [Psalms 14:1-3](../../../kjv/psalms/14/1-3); [Psalms 39:5](../../../kjv/psalms/39/5); [Jeremiah 17:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/9); [Matthew 18:11](../../../kjv/matthew/18/11); [Mark 7:20](../../../kjv/mark/7/20); [Mark 7:23](../../../kjv/mark/7/23); [Romans 1:21](../../../kjv/romans/1/21); [Romans 2:1-29](../../../kjv/romans/2/1-29); [Romans 3:9-19](../../../kjv/romans/3/9-19) ; [Romans 7:24](../../../kjv/romans/7/24); [Romans 8:7](../../../kjv/romans/8/7); [John 3:6](../../../kjv/john/3/6); [1 Corinthians 2:14](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/2/14); [2 Corinthians 3:14](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/14); [2 Corinthians 4:4](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/4/4); [Galatians 5:19-21](../../../kjv/galatians/5/19-21); [Ephesians 2:1-3](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/1-3); [Ephesians 2:11](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/11); [Ephesians 2:12](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/12); [Ephesians 4:18-22](../../../kjv/ephesians/4/18-22); [Colossians 1:21](../../../kjv/colossians/1/21); [Hebrews 3:13](../../../kjv/hebrews/3/13); [James 4:14](../../../kjv/james/4/14); [1 Corinthians 15:22](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/22).

**Adam to Moses**
Broadly, the contrast is: Adam: sin, death; Christ: righteousness, life. Adam drew down into his ruin the old creation [Romans 8:19-22](../../../kjv/romans/8/19-22) of which he was lord and head. Christ brings into moral unity with God, and into eternal life, the new creation of which he is Lord and Head. [Ephesians 1:22](../../../kjv/ephesians/1/22); [Ephesians 1:23](../../../kjv/ephesians/1/23). Even the animal and material creation, cursed for man's sake. [Genesis 3:17](../../../kjv/genesis/3/17) will be delivered by Christ. ; [Isaiah 11:6-9](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/6-9); [Romans 8:19-22](../../../kjv/romans/8/19-22).

**one many**
the one the many died.

**offences**
Sin. *(See Scofield "**")* .

**offence** Sin. *(See Scofield "**")* .
**righteousness** See [Romans 5:17](../../../kjv/romans/5/17); [Romans 5:18](../../../kjv/romans/5/18); [Romans 5:21](../../../kjv/romans/5/21). *(See Scofield "*[Romans 5:21](../../../kjv/romans/5/21)*")* .

**offence**
Sin. *(See Scofield "**")* .

**sinners**
Sin. *(See Scofield "**")* .

**sin**
"Sin" in [Romans 6](../../../kjv/romans/6); [Romans 7](../../../kjv/romans/7)[Romans 6](../../../kjv/romans/6)is the nature in distinction from "sins," which are manifestations of that nature.
Compare ([1 John 1:8](../../../kjv/1-john/1/8)) with ([1 John 1:10](../../../kjv/1-john/1/10)), where this distinction also appears.
**grace**
Grace (in salvation). ([Romans 5:2](../../../kjv/romans/5/2)); ([Romans 5:15-21](../../../kjv/romans/5/15-21)); ([Romans 11:5-6](../../../kjv/romans/11/5-6)); ([Romans 3:24](../../../kjv/romans/3/24)).
(*See Scofield* [Joh 1:17](#c43.1.17)).

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