Romans 5:21

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

English Majority Text (NT)

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

20But the law came in alongside, so that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace superabounded,

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Cross References

John 10:28And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

Romans 5:12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death passed to all men, because all sinned—

Romans 5:17For if by the transgression of one man death reigned through that one man, much more those receiving the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

Romans 6:14For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. 1 Slaves to Righteousness

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

Titus 2:11For the saving grace of God has 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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