Romans 5:17

For if in the guilt of one death reigned through one, much more men that take plenty of grace (or those who receive an abundance of grace), and of giving, and of rightwiseness, shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

In Context

16And not as by one sin, so by the gift; for the doom, (or the judgement, or the sentence), of one into condemnation, but the (gift of) grace of (or over) many guilts [or many trespassings] into justification.

18Therefore as by the guilt of one into all men into condemnation, so by the rightwiseness of one into all men into (the) justifying of life.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19in [the] sweat of thy cheer, [or (thy) face], thou shalt eat thy bread, till thou turn again into the earth of which thou art taken; for thou art dust, and thou shalt turn again into dust. (by the sweat of thy brow, thou shalt earn thy bread, until thou return to the earth of which thou art taken; for thou art dust, and thou shalt return to dust.)

Matthew 25:34Then the king shall say to them, that shall be on his right half, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, take ye in possession the kingdom made ready to you from the making [or from the beginning] of the world. (Then the King shall say to those, who shall be on his right side, Come, the blessed of my Father, take into possession the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.)

Romans 5:12Therefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death, and so death passed forth into all men, in which man all men sinned.

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; the grace of God is everlasting life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (For the wages of sin (be) death; but the gift of God (is) eternal life in the Messiah Jesus.)

1 Corinthians 4:8Now ye be [full-]filled, now ye be made rich; ye reign without us; and I would that ye reign, (so) that also we (could) reign with you.

1 Corinthians 15:49Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly man, bear we also the image of the heavenly man. (And so as we have worn the image of the earthly man, let us also wear the image of the heavenly Man.)

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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