Romans 5:21 “so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign throu…”

Romans 5:21

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

American Standard Version

that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

That as sinne had reigned vnto death, so might grace also reigne by righteousnesse vnto eternall life, through Iesus Christ our Lord.

Darby Translation

in order that, even as sin has reigned in [the power of] death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Young's Literal Translation

that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Bible in Basic English

That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Cross references

“That”

Romans 5:14 Romans 6:14 Romans 6:12 Romans 6:16

Romans 5:14 · BSB

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

Romans 6:14 · BSB

For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6:12 · BSB

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

Romans 6:16 · BSB

Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

“grace”

Titus 2:11 Hebrews 4:16 1 Peter 5:10 John 1:16 John 1:17

Titus 2:11 · BSB

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

Hebrews 4:16 · BSB

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

1 Peter 5:10 · BSB

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

John 1:16 · BSB

From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

John 1:17 · BSB

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

“through”

Romans 8:10 Romans 5:17 Romans 4:13 2 Peter 1:1

Romans 8:10 · BSB

But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Romans 5:17 · BSB

For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Romans 4:13 · BSB

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

2 Peter 1:1 · BSB

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

“unto”

Romans 6:23 John 10:28 1 John 2:25 1 John 5:11–13

Romans 6:23 · BSB

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 10:28 · BSB

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

1 John 2:25 · BSB

And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

1 John 5:11–13 · BSB

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Also

Romans 5:12

Romans 5:12 · BSB

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

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