<p>5:19&nbsp;<i>For as through the one man's disobedience</i><i>-&nbsp;</i>Adam's sin of commission (i.e. eating the fruit) may well have been a result of his sins of omitting to go forth out of the centre of the garden and multiply. By one man's inattention (Rom. 5:19 Gk.) sin came into the world.</p><p><i>The many were made sinners</i>- Gk. &lsquo;to appoint, ordain&rsquo;. It&rsquo;s not that we as innocent people which we are not anyway were turned into sinners because someone else sinned, far away and long ago. Rather were &ldquo;all men&rdquo;- and Paul uses this term to emphasize how Jew and Gentile are in the same position- put into the category of Adam, of sinners, of guilty, of flesh. But the good news is that there can be a category change- if we can be &ldquo;made sinners&rdquo; we can likewise be made righteous.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><i>Even so through the obedience of the one man shall the many be made righteous</i>- A reference to the crucifixion, or to a life of obedience? Significantly, Paul writes in Romans of baptism as being &ldquo;obedience&rdquo; (Rom. 1:5; 6:16,17; 15:18; 16:26, also Acts 6:7). It&rsquo;s as if by obeying the command to die with Him by baptism into His death, we are associating with His actual obedience to death in the cross. The Lord spoke of having been given a specific &ldquo;command&rdquo; by the Father to die on the cross (Jn. 10:18), which would encourage us to interpret His &ldquo;obedience&rdquo; here as His obedience to death on the cross.</p>