Romans 5:21

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

20And the entrance given to the law, was that sin might increase: and where sin increased, there grace abounded.

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Cross References

John 10:28And I give to them life eternal: and they will never be lost: nor will any one pluck them from my hand.

Romans 5:12As by means of one man, sin entered into the world, and, by means of sin, death; and so death passed upon all the sons of men, inasmuch as they all have sinned:

Romans 5:17For if, on account of the offence of one, death reigned; still more, they who receive the abundance of the grace, and the free gift, and the righteousness, will reign in life, by means of one, Jesus Messiah.

Romans 6:14And sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is life eternal, through our Lord Jesus Messiah.

Titus 2:11For the all-vivifying grace of God, is revealed 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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