Romanos 5
Oecumenius
Romanos 5:5
It is to be understood that the indwelling of the adorable and thrice-Holy Spirit is found only in our minds and hearts. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 5:12
So that no one can accuse God of injustice, in that we all die because of the fall of Adam, Paul adds: "and so all have sinned." Adam is the origin and the cause of the fact that we have all sinned in imitation of him. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 5:13
When Paul uses the word sin here he is thinking primarily of the transgression of the law of Moses and its commandments, e.g., circumcision, sabbath observance, the food laws, etc. Nevertheless, sin in general already existed in human nature, and it was counted. By this I mean things like murder, robbery, child abuse and so on.… For there was a law of nature which covered things like that. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 5:15
Christ's obedience was greater than Adam's disobedience in the following sense. Death, which originated with the sin of Adam, had our cooperation in the sins which we all committed, and so it was able to gain control over us. For if men had remained free of all wrongdoing, death would not have been in control. But the grace of Christ has come to us all without our cooperation and shows that the grace of the resurrection is such that not only believers, who glory in their faith, will be resurrected, but also unbelievers, both Jews and Greeks. Something which works in us against our will is therefore obviously greater than something which works in us with our cooperation. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH