Romans 5:15 
Context| NET © | But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. 1 For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, 2 how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many! |
| NIV © | But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! |
| NASB © | But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. |
| NLT © | And what a difference between our sin and God’s generous gift of forgiveness. For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this other man, Jesus Christ, brought forgiveness to many through God’s bountiful gift. |
| MSG © | Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man's sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God's gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do! |
| BBE © | But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men. |
| NRSV © | But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. |
| NKJV © | 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. |
| KJV | But <235> not <3756> as <5613> the offence <3900>_, so <3779> also <2532> [is] the free gift <5486>_. For <1063> if <1487> through the offence <3900> of one <1520> many <4183> much <4183> more <3123> the grace <5485> of God <2316>_, and <2532> the gift <1431> by <1722> grace <5485>_, [which is <3588>_] by one <1520> man <444>_, Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>_, unto <1519> many <4183>_. |
| NASB © | But the free <5486> gift <5486> is not like <5613> the transgression <3900> . For if <1487> by the transgression <3900> of the one <1520> the many <4183> died <599> , much <4183> more <3123> did the grace <5485> of God <2316> and the gift <1431> by the grace <5485> of the one <1520> Man <444> , Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> , abound <4052> to the many .<4183> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | But <235> the gracious gift <5486> is not <3756> like <5613> the transgression <3900> . For <1063> if <1487> the many <4183> died <599> through the transgression <3900> of the one man <1520> , how much <4183> more <3123> did the grace <5485> of God <2316> and <2532> the <3588> gift <1431> by <1722> the grace <5485> of the <3588> one <1520> man <444> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> multiply <4052> to <1519> the many !<4183> |
| NET © | But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. 1 For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, 2 how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many! |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “but not as the transgression, so also [is] the gracious gift.” 2 sn Here the one man refers to Adam (cf. 5:14). |
