Romans 5:21

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 through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. 20The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 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

• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• reignedβασιλεύωbasileuō · to reignG936
• in deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
• to eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• our Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for Romans 5:21

• Romans 5:14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the violation committed by Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
• Romans 6:12Therefore sin is not to reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
• John 1:16For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
• Hebrews 4:16Therefore let’s approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for help at the time of our need.
• 1 Peter 5:10After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
• Romans 5:17For if by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
• Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
• Romans 8:10If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
• 2 Peter 1:1Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
• Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• John 10:28and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
• 1 John 2:25This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.
• 1 John 5:11And the testimony is this, that God has given 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

Topics related to Romans 5:21

• Adam
• Atonement
• Fall of Man
• Grace of God
• Jesus Continued
• Justification
• Life
• Salvation
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Eternal life
• Jesus Christ
• Abound
• Access
• Atonement
• Condemnation

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