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Verses fourteen to nineteen talks about Adam and God’s grace extended to all humanity. Adam is a pattern; he is the counterpart of Christ, which explains the title. Adam was a representative of created humanity, so Christ is the representative of a new spiritual humanity. We were all born into Adam’s physical family-the family line that leads to death. We all have inherited his guilt, a sinful nature, and God’s punishment. Because of Christ, we can trade judgement for forgiveness. Through Christ, we have the opportunity to born into God’s spiritual family.

Romans 5:14-19
14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.