Romanos 5
Diodorus of Tarsus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Romanos 5:13
Sin was in the world before the law of Moses came, and it was counted, though not according to that law. Rather it was counted according to the law of nature, by which we have learned to distinguish good and evil. This was the law of which Paul spoke above. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 5:14
Adam was a type of Christ not with respect to his sin or his righteousness—in this respect the two men were opposites—but with respect to the effects of what he did. For just as Adam's sin spread to all men, so Christ's life also spread to all men. Adam was also a type of Christ in another respect. For just as he was the head of Eve, in that he was her husband, so also Christ, being its bridegroom, is the head of the church. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 5:15
At first sight it may seem that this verse contradicts what Paul said [in verse 12] above, for there he spoke of death having come to all humanity, whereas here he says only that many have died. In fact there is no contradiction, because death, although it came upon all because we have all sinned, came only to test and to try everyone. Death does not destroy all sinners automatically but only those who persist in their sins. By saying that "many died" Paul shows merely that many turned out to be unrepentant in their sins. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 5:16
Paul wants to say that it was because of Adam's sin, although it was only one, that God condemned many, on account of the fact that they copied Adam. But the grace of the Lord was measured not according to that one sin but according to the many sins which all had committed. Thus Christ transformed many sins into righteousness. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 5:18
What was Adam's sin? Disobedience. What was Christ's righteousness? Obedience, by which he obeyed the Father in his incarnation and in his suffering for mankind, as the apostle says: "Being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross." Thus obedience overcame disobedience and the worse was condemned by the better. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 5:20
Paul does not mean that the law increased the incidence of sin but rather that once it was given it uncovered sin and showed that it was more widespread than people had thought. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH