I would say that Paul here is rhetorically underscoring his parallelism of
the consequences of the action of the ONE (Adam, Christ) for the great
majority o humanity (Adam's heirs = sinful humanity, Christ's heirs =
believers made righteous by faith). So it is not just hOI POLLOI that is
emphasized by repetition, but also TOU hENOS, and the rhetoric is further
enhanced by the word-play of the two verbal nouns upon which TOU hENOS
depends in the two clauses: PARAKOHS and hUPOKOHS--as well as by the
repetition of the same verb in different forms with the two occurrences of
hOI POLLOI; KATESTAQHSAN (hAMARTHLOI)--KATASTAQHSONTAI (DIKAIOI).
Carl W. Conrad
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