Romans 5:20

And the entrance given to the law, was that sin might increase: and where sin increased, there grace abounded.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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; on account of the disobedience of one man, many became sinners; so also, on account of the obedience of one, many become righteous.

21So that, as sin had reigned in death, so grace might reign in righteousness unto life eternal, by means of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:9And those of the eleventh hour came, and received each a denarius.

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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