Romans 5:14

Romans 5:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
• New International Version (NIV)Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Romans 5:14

12So then, just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, in the same way death spread to all men because all sinned. 13For up until the Torah, sin was in the world; but sin does not count as sin when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in a manner similar to the violation of Adam, who is a pattern of the One to come. 15But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if many died because of the transgression of one man, how much more did the grace of God overflow to many through the gift of one Man—Yeshua the Messiah. 16Moreover, the gift is not like what happened through the one who sinned. For on the one hand, the judgment from one violation resulted in condemnation; but on the other hand, the gracious gift following many transgressions resulted in justification.

Romans 5:14 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ θάνατος ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ μέχρι Μωϋσέως καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς μὴ ἁμαρτήσαντας ἐπὶ τῷ ὁμοιώματι τῆς παραβάσεως Ἀδὰμ ὅς ἐστιν τύπος τοῦ μέλλοντος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Neverthelessἀλλάalla · butG235
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• reignedβασιλεύωbasileuō · to reignG936
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• AdamἈδάμAdam · AdamG76
• toμέχριmechri mechris · untilG3360
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• overἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• them that hadἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• notμήmē · notG3361
• the similitudeὁμοίωμαhomoiōma · likenessG3667
• ofπαράβασιςparabasis · transgressionG3847
• whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the figureτύποςtupos · mark/exampleG5179
• of him that was to comeμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195

Cross-references for Romans 5:14

• Romans 5:17For if by the one man’s transgression, death reigned through the one, how much more shall those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Messiah Yeshua.
• Genesis 4:8Cain spoke to Abel his brother. While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
• Genesis 5:5So all Adam’s days that he lived were 930 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 7:22Everything that had the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils—everything on dry land—died.
• Genesis 19:25So He demolished these cities and the whole surrounding area, all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation of the ground.
• Exodus 1:6Then Joseph died, as did all his brothers and all that generation.
• Hebrews 9:27And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this judgment,
• Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly but because of the One who subjected it—in hope
• Exodus 1:22But Pharaoh charged all his people saying, “You are to cast every son that is born into the river, but let every daughter live.”
• Exodus 12:29So it came about at midnight that Adonai struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh sitting on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn cattle.

Commentaries on Romans 5:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses - This supposes, as Dr. Taylor very properly observes: - That sin was in the world from Adam to Moses. That law was not in the world from Adam to Moses during the space of about 2500 years; for, after Adam's transgression, that law was abrogated; and, from that time, men were either under the general covenant of grace given to Adam or Noah, or under that which was specially made with Abraham. That, therefore…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Nevertheless - Notwithstanding that sin is not imputed where there is no law, yet death reigned. Death reigned - People died; they were under the dominion of death in its various melancholy influences. The expression “death reigned” is one that is very striking. It is a representation of death as a monarch; having dominion over all that period, and overall those generations. Under his dark and withering reign people sank down to the grave. We have a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-14Verses 12-14 The design of what follows is plain. It is to exalt our views respecting the blessings Christ has procured for us, by comparing them with the evil which followed upon the fall of our first father; and by showing that these blessings not only extend to the removal of these evils, but far beyond. Adam sinning, his nature became guilty and corrupted, and so came to his children. Thus in him all have sinned. And death is by sin; for death is the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Paul continues his explanation of "all sinned"(5:12) by stating that people who died between the times of Adam and Moses were not subject to specific commandments from God. Therefore, their condemnation was not only because of their own sin. It was because of their union with Adam, who sinned by violating a clear commandment of God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. For until the law sin was in the world--that is during all the period from Adam "until the law" of Moses was given, God continued to treat men as sinners. but sin is not imputed where there is no law--"There must therefore have been a law during that period, because sin was then imputed"; as is now to be shown.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 5:14

• Adam
• Death
• Depravity of Man
• Fall of Man
• Justification
• Sin
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Adam
• Moses
• Abound
• Access
• Adam, a type
• Atonement
• Condemnation
• Covenant
• Die
• Disobedience

Commentaries on Romans 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings