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Romans 5:20 KJV
Romans · chapter 5 · verse 20
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:Romans 5:20 · King James Version
Romans 5:20 in context
18Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
19For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Moreoverdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- enteredpareiserchomaito come in secretly or by stealth, or creep or steal in, to enter in addition, come in…G3922 →
- offenceparaptōmato fall beside or near something, a lapse or deviation from truth and uprightness, a sin…G3900 →
- aboundpleonazōto superabound, of things, to exist in abundance, to increase, be augmented, to make to…G4121 →
- gracecharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
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The apostle here describes the fountain and foundation of justification, laid in the death of the Lord Jesus. The streams are very sweet, but, if you run them up to the spring-head, you will find it to be Christ's dying for us;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-21