Romans 5:21
This happened so that, as sin ruled in death, even so grace might rule through righteousness for everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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20But the law came in to increase the trespass. But where sin abounded, grace abounded even more.
Cross References
John 10:28I give them eternal life; they will never die, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Romans 5:12So then, as through one man sin entered into the world, in this way death entered through sin. And death spread to all people, because all sinned.
Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one, death ruled through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:14Do not allow sin to rule over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin are death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of 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 →