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Romans 5:20-21
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The Law Increased Sin, But Grace Abounded So As To Reign Through Righteousness

20 And the Law[a] came-in-beside[b] that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace super-abounded, 21 in order that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness, resulting-in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:20 Paul now puts the Law into this broad perspective.
  2. Romans 5:20 Same root word as ‘entered’ in v 12. Sin ‘came in’, Law ‘came in beside’.
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Romans 5:20-21
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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.

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