Well, Romans chapter 5 is where we are. So if you have your Bibles open there now to Romans

Chapter 5, I'm going to read starting at verse 12, down through verse 21, the end of the chapter.

Romans chapter 5, starting at verse 12. Paul writes, therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, death through sin and thus death spread to all men

because all sinned for until the law sin was in the world but sin is not imputed when there is no law

nevertheless death reigned from adam to moses even over those who had not sinned, according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of him who was to come.

But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense, many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one

man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one

who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift

which came from many offenses resulted in justification.

For if by the one man's offense, death reigned through the one,

much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness

will reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as through one man's offense, judgment came to all men,

resulting in condemnation. Even so, through one man's righteous act, the free gift came to all men,

resulting in justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience, many were made sinners, so also by one man's

obedience, many will be made righteous. Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound,

but where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to

eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Well, that's a mouthful. And, you know, as we've been

saying, Paul often writes almost like this is a legal textbook. He uses different terms and

analogies. And so we're going to break this one down.

We're going to try to unpack this a little bit because here in Romans chapter 5, Paul looks at

two different individuals who have parallel yet very different lives. The one he refers to who

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