<p>5:16&nbsp;<i>This gift is unlike the result of that one man&rsquo;s sin. For the judgment came because of one man to condemnation</i>- The result of the legal case, the final verdict. This is contrasted with &ldquo;the gift&rdquo;, as if the judge hands down the verdict but then profers us the gift of being declared right. The verdict can mean at times the actual execution of the punishment (as in Rom. 2:2,3; 3:8; 1 Cor. 11:29,34). In this sense, we were actually condemned- not threatened with it and let off.</p><p><i>But the free gift came out of many trespasses to justification</i>-&nbsp;<i>Dikaioma,&nbsp;</i>s.w. &ldquo;righteousness&rdquo;. The free gift of salvation apart from our works actually inspires righteousness- performed in gratitude for salvation, rather than in order to attain salvation. Or we could still read the word as referring to a decree which counts us as right, reversing that of condemnation.&nbsp;</p><p>The contrast is between the one man who brought the verdict of condemnation upon many, by one sin for Adam is everyman- and the one man, Jesus, who brought the verdict of being declared right for many people who had committed many sins. The paradox is that &lsquo;just&rsquo; one sin lead to the condemnation of mankind, but our many sins lead to us being declared right- by grace. The reasoning here indirectly suggests that Christ was also &ldquo;a man&rdquo; as Adam- and certainly not a god.&nbsp;</p>