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1 Corinthians 15:45 Exploring Part 1 of 2 RSV


1 Corinthians 15:45 Thus it is written, ¨The first Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Romans 5:12-21 Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all have sinned--

sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification.

If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men.

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous.

Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

John 5:16-23 And this is why the Jews persecutes Jesus, because he did this on the sabbath.

But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working still, and I am working."

This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise.

For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these will h show him, that you may marvel.

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

The Father judges no one, but gives all judgment to the Son,

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.