The curse of Adam is overturned by the grace of Christ, and the life which Christ bestows swallows up the death which came from Adam. The parts of this comparison, however, do not correspond. Paul ought to have said that the blessing of life reigns and flourishes more and more through the abundance of grace, instead of which he says that believers “shall reign.” The sense is the same, however, for the kingdom of believers is in life, and the kingdom of life is in believers.
