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Romans 5:21
21in 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.
Romans 5:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Context of Romans 5:21
19For as indeed by the disobedience of the one man the many have been constituted sinners, so also by the obedience of the one the many will be constituted righteous. 20But law came in, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded, 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.
Read all of Romans 5Romans 5:21 word by word
ἵνα ὥσπερ ἐβασίλευσεν ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ, οὕτως καὶ ἡ χάρις βασιλεύσῃ διὰ δικαιοσύνης εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν.¶Read the interlinear
- orderἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- evenκαίkai · andG2532
- sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
- reignedβασιλεύωbasileuō · to reignG936
- deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
- graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
- eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
- lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
Cross-references for Romans 5:21
- Romans 5:14but death reigned from Adam until Moses, even upon those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is [the] figure of him to come.
- Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.
- John 1:16for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.
- Hebrews 4:16Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.
- 1 Peter 5:10But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground:
- Romans 5:17For if by the offence of the one death reigned by the one, much rather shall those who receive the abundance of grace, and of the free gift of righteousness, reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)
- Romans 4:13For [it was] not by law that the promise was to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of [the] world, but by righteousness of faith.
- Romans 8:10but if Christ be in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit life on account of righteousness.
- 2 Peter 1:1Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through [the] righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin [is] death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- John 10:28and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
- 1 John 2:25And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.
- 1 John 5:11And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.
Commentaries on Romans 5:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21That as sin hath reigned unto death - As extensively, as deeply, as universally, as sin, whether implying the act of transgression or the impure principle from which the act proceeds, or both. Hath reigned, subjected the whole earth and all its inhabitants; the whole soul, and all its powers and faculties, unto death, temporal of the body, spiritual of the soul, and eternal of both; even so, as extensively, deeply, and universally might grace reign…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21That as sin hath reigned - Note, Romans 5:14. Unto death - Producing or causing death. Even so - In like manner, also. The provisions of redemption are in themselves ample to meet all the ruins of the fall. Might grace reign - Might mercy be triumphant; see John 1:17, “Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” Through righteousness - Through, or by means of, God‘s plan of justification; Note, Romans 1:17. Unto eternal life - This stands opposed to “death” in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-21Verses 20-21 By Christ and his righteousness, we have more and greater privileges than we lost by the offence of Adam. The moral law showed that many thoughts, tempers, words, and actions, were sinful, thus transgressions were multiplied. Not making sin to abound the more, but discovering the sinfulness of it, even as the letting in a clearer light into a room, discovers the dust and filth which were there before, but were not seen. The sin of Adam, and…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2120-21. Moreover the law--"The law, however." The Jew might say, If the whole purposes of God towards men center in Adam and Christ, where does "the law" come in, and what was the use of it? Answer: It entered--But the word expresses an important idea besides "entering." It signifies, "entered incidentally," or "parenthetically." (In Ga 2:4 the same word is rendered, "came in privily.") The meaning is, that the promulgation of the law at Sinai was no…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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