Romans 5:21

that as sin reigned in death, so also might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

In Context

20Moreover the law came in also, that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound;

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Cross References

John 10:28and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one pluck them out of my hand.

Romans 5:12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all sinned;

Romans 5:17For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more they who receive the abundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.)

Romans 6:14For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Titus 2:11For the saving grace of God appeared to all men,

Matthew Henry on Romans 5:7-21

The First and the Second Adam; The Influence of Grace. ( a. d. 58.) 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the… Read the whole commentary →

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