God’s Word Interprets God’s Word

Romans 5:1

Then being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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through whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we glory on the hope of the glory of God.

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And not only so, but we glory also in afflictions, knowing that affliction works out patience,

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and patience works out proven character; and proven character, hope

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And the hope does not put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us;

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for we yet being without strength, in due time Christ died for ungodly ones.

Comment: The “ We” being “ungodly ones” at one time, Christ died for them. John 10:15 They were without strength who were without the Holy Spirit or unsaved. Christ died for them in due time.

John 8:36, Romans 8:8-9, Hebrews 11:6

These “Called Out Ones” by God Matthew 16:16-18, Acts 20:28 Matthew 1:21-23, Romans 8:28-30 were once unsaved without strength or in other words without the Holy Spirit dwelling in them unto belief into Jesus Christ; believing the Gospel that

God promises to save His people from their sins conditioned solely on the atoning shed blood of Jesus Christ and His imputed righteousness alone without contribution in effort or work from those unconditionally chosen from before the foundation of the world that He represented in His perfect life lived, His death and His resurrection.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4, John 10:27 John 3:3,5,8, 2 Corinthians 4:6 Romans 8:28-30 Romans 9, 2 Thessalonians 2:13

Romans 5:7

For with difficulty one will die for a just one, (for perhaps one even dares to die for the sake of the good one),

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but God commends His love to us in this , that we being yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Comment – The “Us” are His sheep for whom He died and works faith within John 10:15 He does not regenerate all individuals giving them repentance and Faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ John 10:26, Ephesians 2:8-10 Acts 13:48, Romans 8:28-30 Ephesians 1:4,11, Acts 20:28, John 6:45,65, Romans 9:15,18, John 6:29, Acts 5:31, 2 Timothy 2:25

Romans 5:9

Much more then, ( We) being justified now by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Comment– His sheep were justified by His blood who are those found in the book of life. Revelation 20:15 These called ones, He purchased them with His shed blood and they are to whom He reveals the Father to and they are the same as those given by the father to Jesus to be effectually saved. Revelation 5:9, 7:9, Acts 20:28, Romans 9:8, John 6:35-65, Matthew 11:26-30, Ephesians 2:8-10, Roman’s 8:28-30

Romans 5:10

For if while being enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, (We) being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life;

Comment– His promised people that He died for who were given to Him by The Father to be effectually saved were reconciled to God through the death of His Son.

Romans 5:11

and not only so , but also glorying in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we now received the reconciliation.

Romans 5:12

Because of this, even as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, inasmuch as all sinned.

Comment– Here the term “ All Men” is clarifying who the “ We, Us, Our, “Ungodly ones” are. The term “ All Men is clarifying and classifying where the “ We” are taken from which is from every nation, tribe, language and people without distinction and refers only to the “ We” being saved and purchased by the blood of Christ and no one else. The “All Men” is conveying they are taken without class distinction; from every nation tribe language and people.

The whole chapter 5 in Romans is concerning His regenerate elect who were once unregenerate.

The reprobate have no relevance to the church since they will never be saved or given by the father and drawn to Jesus Christ and given repentance and faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Most of the world thinks the Cross of Christ is foolishness and not effectual in securing the salvation of anyone until the sinner who will remain blinded by Satan and his followers does something and makes the difference between heaven and hell but the Bible is clear no one seeks after the true God

1 Corinthians Chapter 1, Romans 3:10-12 Psalms 14:1-3,

Romans 9:11

So, when the Apostle says death passed to “All Men” in that all sinned he is strictly focusing on All believers The apostle is writing to who were once unregenerate.

They are His unconditionally chosen promised people from before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 1:4,11, Matthew 1:21-23, Acts 20:28, Romans 9:8, John 6:37, Ephesians 2:8-10, 2 Thessalonians 2:13

There is no need to refer to the reprobate; giving note of their sinning as part of “All Men” since they will never be regenerated from above and be saved. The context in the chapter is those being saved and constituted righteous.

The subject people is confirmed and clarified in Romans 5:15,18-19 with the terms “ All men“ paralleled with The Many” were constituted sinners as a finite group and the same “The many” as the same finite group were constituted righteous. In verse Romans 5:15 the translation uses the Many that died directly correlates with the Many that were recipients of God’s grace

All Men clarifies that The Many are taken from every nation, tribe, language and people without distinction. They are the many who were constituted sinners that will be also constituted righteous. All to the glory of God through Jesus Christ.

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For sin was in the world until Law, but sin is not charged where there is no law;

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but death reigned from Adam until Moses, even on those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a type of the coming One .

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But the free gift shall not be also like the offense. For if by the offense of the one the many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift in grace, which is of the one Man, Jesus Christ, did abound to the many.

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And the gift shall not be as by one having sinned; for indeed the judgment was of one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses to justification.

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For if by the offense of the one death reigned through the one, much more those who are receiving the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall rule in life by the One, Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:18

So then, as through one offense it was toward all men to condemnation, so also by one accomplished righteousness toward all men to justification of life.

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For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many shall be constituted righteous.

Romans 12:5

so we the many are one body in Christ, and each one members of one another,

Comment– The “We”, “Us” “ Ungodly ones”, “Our” “ The Many” are composed of and being extracted from “All Men”, all kinds of men from every nation, tribe, language and people without distinction.

The “All Men” in this chapter is referring to “The many” constituted sinners and “The Many” that shall be constituted righteous. Both terms “All Men” and “The Many”are referring to the same group who are the finite focus group in Romans 5 The reason, once again, for utilizing the term “All Men” is to make sure the reader knows that “the many” did not come from a sole particular nation or people, tribe or language. The term “ All Men” in this context of believers does not mean every individual that has ever lived, will live and is living. The term “ All Men” is attempting to clarify that The Many is not a discriminating group in origin to any particular nation, tribe, language or people.

See previous posts relating to 1 Timothy 2:1-4 and 1Timothy 4:10 “ God desires all men saved” and “ 1 Timothy 4:10 Savior of All Men” for contextual examples for similar contextual usage and meaning.

“ Who is the savior of “All Men” Jesus is the only savior that saves all that are saved “ Who desires “All Men” to be saved”Meaning “All Men” without distinction of a particular nation, tribe, people or language

There is no other savior under heaven whereby a man must be saved. Acts 4:12 Jesus has all the substitutional attributes that no one else has to save anyone including yourself.

If God wanted all individuals saved without exception, they would be saved because God accomplishes all His desires and no one can resist His will. We know most will not be saved. Isaiah 55:11, Matthew 7:13, Proverbs 16:4, Revelation 4:11, Romans 9, Job 23:13, Isaiah 46:10

So, we know God does not desire every individual to be saved without exception because God accomplishes all His desires. Whoever God thru Jesus Christ predetermined to save from before the foundation of the world will effectually be saved and the Gates of Hades shall not prevent that from happening. Romans 9:19 Revelation 20:15 Isaiah 46:10 Job 23:13, Romans 9, John 10:26, Matthew 16:16-18

Proverbs 16:4

Jehovah has made all for His purpose, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Revelation 4:11

Lord, You are worthy to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because You created all things, and through Your will they exist and were created.

Everyone should and is commanded to come Acts 17:30 to the realization, changing their minds about who they are “ The sinner”, similar to the tax collector Luke 18:13 who desperately asked for mercy because he knew his sinful condition.

He desired to turn to God and His perfect payment for sin through the atoning shed blood of Jesus Christ and His imputed perfect righteousness alone which is received by God given faith.

This is the only way to satisfy the justice of God making Him just, justifier and a savior.

Everyone should realize that salvation is conditioned on the work and person of Jesus Christ and Him alone and that they cannot satisfy the justice of God or righteousness of God on their own except through eternal punishment for their sin because they cannot provide a sufficient righteousness of their own to satisfy a perfectly righteous and just God. Matthew 19:17, Matthew 7:11

John 6:47

Truly, truly, I say to you, the one believing into Me has everlasting life.

John 6:37

All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me, and the one coming to Me I will in no way cast out.

For I have come down out of Heaven, not that I should do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

And this is the will of the Father sending Me, that of all that He has given Me, I shall not lose any of it, but shall raise it up in the last day.

God the Son became incarnate. John 1:1-3,14,18 He Voluntarily went to the Cross to shed His blood and to become sin for His people to make God a just God and a savior 2 Corinthians 5:21. He came to do the will of the Father to save all that the Father gives Him to raise up in the last day. All His people will come to the knowledge of the truth sometime between conception and death all to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Romans 3:22-26 (KJ3) Jay Green literal translation

Scripture 1993 Literal Translation Jay P Green

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