20 [a](A)The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, (B)grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as (C)sin reigned in death, so also (D)grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Believers Are Dead to Sin, Alive to God

(E)What shall we say then? Are we to (F)continue in sin so that grace may increase? [b](G)Far from it! How shall we who (H)died to sin still live in it?

Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:20 Or law
  2. Romans 6:2 Lit May it never happen!

20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.(A) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,(B) 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death,(C) so also grace(D) might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life(E) through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

What shall we say, then?(F) Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?(G) By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(H) how can we live in it any longer?