Romans 5:21

That as sin hath reigned to death: so also grace might reign by justice unto life everlasting, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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

20Now the law entered in that sin might abound. And where sin abounded, grace did more abound. That sin might abound... Not as if the law were given on purpose for sin to abound: but that it so happened through man's perversity, taking occasion of sinning more, from the prohibition of sin.

Read all of Romans 5

Cross References

John 10:28And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand.

Romans 5:12Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world and by sin death: and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned. By one man... Adam, from whom we all contracted original sin.

Romans 5:17For if by one man's offence death reigned through one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift and of justice shall reign in life through one, Jesus Christ.

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

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Titus 2:11For the grace of God our Saviour hath 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Romans 5:21