Romans 5:21

so grace might reign through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 made some entrance, that the offence might appear to abound; but where sin abounded, grace hath superabounded; that as sin had reigned in death,

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Cross References

John 10:28And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; nor shall any one force them out of my hand.

Romans 5:12Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for to that all have sinned:

Romans 5:17For if, by the offence of one, death reigned through one, much more they who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life through one, even Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:14For sin shall have no power over you, inasmuch as ye are not under the law, but under grace.

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

Titus 2:11For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation, hath appeared 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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