connect even such opposites as these. And it is because pollō mallon first connects the two terms in vv. 9–10, that it can also connect the opposites of vv. 15–17. The death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, our reconciliation through His blood on the one hand, and our hope in the power of His life on the other, are two aspects—two very different aspects, it is true—of one single action. For that reason, in vv. 15–17 also, it is not enough merely to distinguish the truth in Adam from the truth