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Romans 5:21 KJV
Romans · chapter 5 · verse 21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.Romans 5:21 · King James Version
Romans 5:21 in context
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)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- reignedbasileuōto be king, to exercise kingly power, to reign, of the governor of a province, of the…G936 →
- throughdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- eternalaiōnioswithout beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be, without…G166 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- deaththanatosthe death of the body, that separation of the soul and the body by which the life on…G2288 →
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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