What do these verses mean?

[Light of the East]

From an Orthodox understanding, what do the following verses mean or teach?

Romans 5: 18 So, then, as through one offence to all men it is to condemnation, so also through one declaration of 'Righteous' it is to all men to justification of life; 19 for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.

 

[Unqualified]

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[enoob57]

One man Adam chose, for his children, to be altered by being born dead spiritually…so through the one man, Jesus, all men are able to individually choose to be alive spiritually through his righteousness…

 

[Clare73]

Is this a trick question. Through Adam’s sin we all were condemned. Through Jesus righteous act we were justified..
throgh Adam’s sin we all became sinners, through obedience to Christ we have been made righteous.

Through faith in Christ our sin is remitted (salvation) and we are declared "not guilty" (justification), and
we are accounted righteous with the imputed righteousness of Christ (Ro 5:18-19, 1:17, 3:21, 4:5, Php 3:9), not made inherently righteous, followed by personal sanctification (inherent righteosness) through obedience in the Holy Spirit (Ro 6:16, 19).

 

[Lukaris]

For through the offense of the one (Adam), there came condemnation to all men, and in like manner through the one just-requirement or act of righteousness on the Cross (Gr. dikaioma), there came justification of life to all men. Thus, through the one man's disobedience the many were appointed sinners (in that they were condemned to die, and put in the same category as the sinner Adam), and through the obedience of the One Jesus Christ, the many will be appointed righteous (in that they are to be offered forgiveness and life).


From: The Epistle to the Romans ( A Gospel for All) by (Fr) Lawrence R Farley (p.72)

The Epistle to the Romans: A Gospel for All

Paul defends his apostolic authority and Gospel teaching in Romans, responding to slander and controversy with the literary performance of his life.

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[ArmyMatt]

For through the offense of the one (Adam), there came condemnation to all men, and in like manner through the one just-requirement or act of righteousness on the Cross (Gr. dikaioma), there came justification of life to all men. Thus, through the one man's disobedience the many were appointed sinners (in that they were condemned to die, and put in the same category as the sinner Adam), and through the obedience of the One Jesus Christ, the many will be appointed righteous (in that they are to be offered forgiveness and life).


From: The Epistle to the Romans ( A Gospel for All) by (Fr) Lawrence R Farley (p.72)

The Epistle to the Romans: A Gospel for All

Paul defends his apostolic authority and Gospel teaching in Romans, responding to slander and controversy with the literary performance of his life.

store.ancientfaith.com

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[ArmyMatt]

Is this a trick question. Through Adam’s sin we all were condemned. Through Jesus righteous act we were justified..
throgh Adam’s sin we all became sinners, through obedience to Christ we have been made righteous. Obedience to repent and come out of our worldly sin and seek a little righteousness of our own by obeying the Ten Commandments..

One man Adam chose, for his children, to be altered by being born dead spiritually…so through the one man, Jesus, all men are able to individually choose to be alive spiritually through his righteousness…

Through faith in Christ our sin is remitted (salvation) and we are declared "not guilty" (justification), and
we are accounted righteous with the imputed righteousness of Christ (Ro 5:18-19, 1:17, 3:21, 4:5, Php 3:9), not made inherently righteous, followed by personal sanctification (inherent righteosness) through obedience in the Holy Spirit (Ro 6:16, 19).

just because folks don’t always know, but this is the Orthodox subforum, and the OP was asking the Orthodox POV. St Basil’s is only for the Orthodox to answer.

 

[Arctangent]

From an Orthodox understanding, what do the following verses mean or teach?

Romans 5: 18 So, then, as through one offence to all men it is to condemnation, so also through one declaration of 'Righteous' it is to all men to justification of life; 19 for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.

For one, that is a very biased translation, allowing specific ideas unique to the Protestant Reformation to color the text and its meaning.

Those same verses from the EOB New Testament:
"18And so, as through one sin all men were
condemned; likewise through one act of righteousness all men were justified to life. 19Indeed, just as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, likewise, through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous."

Notice the difference between "declared/constituted" and "made".

The "condemnation" in v. 18 refers to death, as that is the paradigm of Genesis 3, and that is the context that Paul established in v. 12. Adam brought death to all of us, and Christ raises everyone from the dead.