SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:17
Porque, si por un delito rein la muerte por causa de uno solo , mucho ms reinarn en vida por uno solo , Jess, el Cristo, los que reciben la abundancia de gracia, y de dones y de la justicia.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 5:17
Verse 17. Death reigned by one] Death is here personified, and is represented as reigning over the human race; and death, of course, reigns unto death; he is known as reigning, by the destruction of his subjects. Shall reign in life] Those who receive, retain, and improve the abundant grace offered by Jesus Christ, shall be redeemed from the empire of death, and exalted to the throne of God, to live and reign with him ever, world without end. See Rev. i. 5, 6; ii. 7, 10, 11; iii. 21.
If we carefully compare ver. 15 with ver. l7, we shall find that there is a correspondence between perisseian, the abounding, ver. 17, and eperiseuse hath abounded, Romans v. 15; between thv dwreav thv dikaiosunhv, the gift of righteousness, i.e. justification, ver. 17, and h dwrea en cariti, the gift by grace, ver. 15; therefore, if we understand the abounding of grace, and the gift of justification, ver. 17, we shall understand the grace of God, and the gift by grace which hath abounded unto the many, ver. 15. But the abounding of grace, and the gift of justification, ver. 17, is that grace and gift which is RECEIVED by those who shall reign in eternal life.
Reigning in life is the consequence of receiving the grace and gift.
Therefore, receiving the grace is a necessary qualification on our part for reigning in life; and this necessarily implies our believing in Christ Jesus, as having died for our offenses, receiving the grace so freely offered us; using the means in order to get more grace, and bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit. Receive must here have the same sense as in Matt. xiii. 20: He heareth the word, and anon with joy RECEIVETH it. John i. 12: But as many as RECEIVED him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God. John iii. 11: Ye RECEIVE not our witness. - See also John iii. 32, 33.
John v. xl3: I am come in my Father's name, and ye RECEIVE me not. John xii. xl8: He that RECEIVETH not my words. John xiii. 20: He that receiveth whomsoever I send, RECEIVETH me. John xiv. 17: The Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot RECEIVE. John xvii. 8: I have given them the words which thou gavest me; and they have RECEIVED them. In all these passages it is evident that receiving and not receiving imply improving or not improving.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one , etc..] It may be rendered, by one offence death reigned by one; for it was the single sin of Adam, the first sin that was committed by him, which gave death its reigning power over the sons of men: Adam, say the Jewish doctors, transgressed, atyyrwad dj adwqp l[ , one commandment of the law, and was the cause of death to himself, and to all the world. These words are a repetition, with a further explanation, of ( Romans 5:15); there it is said, through the offence of one many be dead; here by one man's offence, or by one offence, death reigned by one; in which death is represented as a mighty monarch, a powerful king; and designs not only corporeal death, which has mounted the throne by sin, and is supported in its dominion by an ordinance of heaven; but also a moral or spiritual death, which has seized on all mankind, and reigns in every power and faculty of the soul of man; and likewise an eternal one, which will have power over all those, who have no part in the first resurrection: in ( Romans 5:15), the grace of God, and the gift by grace, are said to abound unto many; here they are said to receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness : by abundance of grace is designed, either something distinct from the justifying righteousness of Christ; such as the abundant grace and mercy of God, in regeneration and conversion; the various graces of the Spirit then implanted; the many things then wrought in the heart; the large discoveries! of pardoning grace, and the abundance of the love of God shed abroad in the soul by the Spirit: or rather the same with the gift of righteousness, because of the large display of the grace of God in it; by which righteousness is meant, not righteousness or holiness infused into us; but the righteousness of Christ, which is a free grace gift, and is enjoyed in a way of receiving; which denotes the act of faith, and supposes giving; and hence there is no room for boasting, but great reason for thankfulness: now such persons who have received this abundant grace and free gift, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ ; in corporeal life, they are not now subject to death as a penal evil, as other persons are, and though they die this death, they will triumph over it in the resurrection morn, they will rise again to everlasting life; they reign now in spiritual life over sin, Satan, and the world; and they will reign in eternal life, they will sit on thrones, wear crowns, and possess a kingdom of glory for ever and ever; and all by and through one, Jesus Christ, and not on account of any works, or merits of theirs.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-19 - Through one man's offence, all mankind are exposed to eterna condemnation. But the grace and mercy of God, and the free gift of righteousness and salvation, are through Jesus Christ, as man: yet the Lord from heaven has brought the multitude of believers into a mor safe and exalted state than that from which they fell in Adam. Thi free gift did not place them anew in a state of trial, but fixed the in a state of justification, as Adam would have been placed, had he stood. Notwithstanding the differences, there is a striking similarity As by the offence of one, sin and death prevailed to the condemnatio of all men, so by the righteousness of one, grace prevailed to the justification of all related to Christ by faith. Through the grace of God, the gift by grace has abounded to many through Christ; ye multitudes choose to remain under the dominion of sin and death, rathe than to apply for the blessings of the reign of grace. But Christ wil in nowise cast out any who are willing to come to him.
Greek Textus Receptus
ει 1487 COND γαρ 1063 CONJ τω 3588 T-DSN του 3588 T-GSM ενος 1520 A-GSM παραπτωματι 3900 N-DSN ο 3588 T-NSM θανατος 2288 N-NSM εβασιλευσεν 936 5656 V-AAI-3S δια 1223 PREP του 3588 T-GSM ενος 1520 A-GSM πολλω 4183 A-DSM μαλλον 3123 ADV οι 3588 T-NPM την 3588 T-ASF περισσειαν 4050 N-ASF της 3588 T-GSF χαριτος 5485 N-GSF και 2532 CONJ της 3588 T-GSF δωρεας 1431 N-GSF της 3588 T-GSF δικαιοσυνης 1343 N-GSF λαμβανοντες 2983 5723 V-PAP-NPM εν 1722 PREP ζωη 2222 N-DSF βασιλευσουσιν 936 5692 V-FAI-3P δια 1223 PREP του 3588 T-GSM ενος 1520 A-GSM ιησου 2424 N-GSM χριστου 5547 N-GSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
17. Reigned. The emphatic point of the comparison. The effect of the second Adam cannot fall behind that of the first. If death reigned, there must be a reign of life.They which receive (oi lambanontev). Not believingly accept, but simply the recipients.
Abundance of grace. Note the articles, the abundance of the grace.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
5:17 {Much more} (pollwi mallon). Argument _a fortiori_ again. Condition of first class assumed to be true. Note balanced words in the contrast (transgression parapt"mati, grace caritos; death qanatos, life z"i; the one or {Adam} tou henos, the one {Jesus Christ}; reign basileu" in both).
