Romans 5:20

But the law came, that the transgression might abound; but where sin did abound, there did grace superabound:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

In Context

19for as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.

21in order that as sin reigned through death, so may grace reign also through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:9And those having come about the eleventh hour, received each man a denarion.

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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