The Super Heavyweight Champion of the World

April 5, 2026

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Romans 5:12-17 ESV

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all

men because all sinned—13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted

where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like

the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. 15 But the free gift is not like the

trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by

the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that

one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following

many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that

one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in

life through the one man Jesus Christ.”


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