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now for a wicked man no one would willingly die; but for a benefactor some have readily offer'd to die.

but herein hath God displayed his love towards us, in that Christ died for us, even while we were yet sinners.

for if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his son: much more being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

the type of him that was to come: but yet the damage of the fall does not exactly correspond to the advantages of the divine favour: for tho' through the fall of one, mankind became mortal, yet this is greatly over-ballanced by the favour and bounty of God, in the benevolence of one man, Jesus Christ, to all mankind.

neither is the gift, as was the fall by one sin: for the sentence of condemnation, was for one offence; but the divine favour extends to justification from a multitude of sins.

for tho' death reigned thro' the single offence of one, they who receive the most valuable favour, even the gift of righteousness, shall much more easily reign by the life of one, even Jesus Christ.

for as by one man's disobedience many receiv'd the punishment of sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many receive the reward of the righteous.

for if we resembled him with regard to death, certainly we shall likewise do so with regard to his resurrection:

for by its being dead, we are set free from sin.

for as to his death, he died upon the account of sin once for all; but as to his being alive, he lives to the glory of God for ever.

for then sin shall have no dominion over you: because you are not under the legal, but under the gospel dispensation.

for when ye were the vassals of sin, ye were not in the service of virtue.

for the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to Jews acquainted with the law) that the law hath authority over a man, till it be abrogated?

for when we were in the carnal state of the law, the sinful passions of that state set our animal faculties to work in the service of death.

Do we then conclude, that the law is the cause of sin? by no means; but I should not have had such a notion of sin, had it not been for the law: for I should not have known concupiscence was a sin, unless the law had said, "thou shalt not covet."

but sin receiving strength by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. for before the law sin appear'd dead.

for sin getting power by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

for we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold a slave to sin.

what I do I allow not: for what my mind leads me to, that do I not; but what I have an aversion to, that I do.