Pentecost Season · Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A
Romans 5:12-15
Adam and Christ; Grace Abounds
June 21, 2026
Overview & Insights
"But the free gift is not like the trespass... much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many." (Romans 5:15)
Paul traces how sin and death entered the world through one man, Adam, and spread to all. Against that dark backdrop he sets the abundant grace and free gift that come through the one man Jesus Christ.
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Commentary
Romans 5 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse notes on the contrast between Adam and Christ.
Romans 5:12 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries gathered for sin entering through one man and grace through another.
Romans 5 Resources Precept Austin
Collected commentaries and sermons on Romans 5 and the two Adams.
The Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Brant Pitre's video treatment of the Second Reading and how it fits the Sunday.
Background & Word Study
Romans 5:12 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek text and word study for trespass, death, free gift, and grace.
Overview: Romans BibleProject
Animated overview of the letter's argument about sin, death, and grace.
Sacrifice and Atonement BibleProject
Background on the gift of grace in Christ that undoes the trespass of Adam.
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