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Tit. 3:11. eijdw;" o{ti ejxestravptai oJ toiou'to" k. aJmartavnei .

The word paravptwma , ‘trespass,’ bringing out the idea of violation of a definite law, occurs

( a ) repeatedly in Romans, 4:25, 5:15-29, 11:11, 12, as well as in 2 Cor. 5:19 and Gal. 6:1.

( b ) in the Epistles of the Captivity, Col. 2:13, where paraptwvmata are ‘actual definite transgressions’ (Lightfoot ad loc. ), Eph. 1:7 t. a[fesin t. paraptwvmatwn , 2:1 t. paraptwvmasin k. t. aJmartivai" ( v. supr. ), and 2:5.

The word paravbasi" , ‘transgression,’ occurs Gal. 3:19 tw'n parabavsewn cavrin , Rom. 2:23 th'" parabavsew" t. "ovmou , 4:15 ou| ga;r oujk e[sti novmo", oujde; paravbasi" ,5:14 t. p. jAdavm , and 1 Tim. 2:14.

The Fall of Man.

The story of the Fall is the Divine parable of the origin of sin; implying self- assertion and violation of dependence,—seeking not a wrong end, but a right end in a wrong way.

We know so little of our spiritual relations one to another that there is no greater difficulty in supposing that the earthly destiny of humanity was imperilled in a representative than in believing (as we do) that the restoration of humanity was obtained by the Son of Man.

In any case this is the simplest way of presenting a fact which is universal. The consequence of self-assertion necessarily descended to all generations. (See Hegel's analysis of the Fall in his ‘Logic.’)

It is most important to notice that it is not ‘death’ as the passage to another order, but the circumstances of death, which are due to sin.

The effects of an act may be retrospective as well as prospective; that is to say, the certainty that something will be modifies what goes before.

The Kingdom of God—Kingdom of Christ.

A. Usage of St Paul.

( a ) 1 Thess. 2:12. ajxivw" t. qeou' tou' kalou'nto" uJma'" eij" th;n eJautou' basileivan k. dovxan .

Thess. 1:5. eij" to; kataxiwqh'nai uJma'" th'" basileiva" tou' qeou' . Cor. 4:20. ouj ga;r ejn lovgw/ hJ basileiva tou' qeou', ajllj ejn dunavmei . Cor. 6:9. h] oujk oi[date o{ti a[dikoi qeou' basileivan ouj klhronomhvsousin ; (Cf. vs. 10.) Cor. 15:24. ei\ta to; tevlo", o{tan paradidoi' th;n basileivan tw'/ qew'/ kai; patriv . Cor. 15:50. sa;rx kai; ai|ma basileivan qeou' klhronomh'sai ouj duvnatai .

Gal. 5:21. oiJ toiau'ta pravssonte" basileivan qeou' ouj klhronomhvsousin .

Rom. 14:17. ouj gavr ejstin hJ basileiva t. qeou' brw'si" kai; povsi", ajlla; dikaiosuvnh kai; eijrhvnh kai; cara; ejn pneuvmati aJgivw/ .


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