Romans 5:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 5:21 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- Romans 4:13For 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.
- Romans 5:12Therefore, 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.
- Romans 5:14Nevertheless, 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 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
- Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- Romans 6:16Do 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?
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 8:10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
- Hebrews 4:16Let 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 5:10And 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.
- 2 Peter 1:1Simon 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:
- 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- 1 John 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
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