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.
—Romans 5:15
I have lately been stuck on Romans 5:15–21, particularly the “much more” statements in 15, 17, and 20.
If there was so much power and efficacy, as it seems there was, in the sin of a man, who was of the earth, earthy, to condemn us, much more are there power and efficacy in the righteousness and grace of Christ, who is the Lord from heaven, to justify and save us. The one man that saves us is Jesus Christ. Surely Adam could not propagate so strong a poison but Jesus Christ could propagate as strong an antidote, and much stronger.
—Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible (Hendrickson, 1991), 6:323.
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