Romans 5:21

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

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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 came in so that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded all the more,

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Cross References

John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will certainly never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, in this way death has come to all men, because all have sinned.

Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through the one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ!

Romans 6:14For sin will have no dominion over you, for you 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 Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

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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