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Romans 5:21

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19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

20 The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

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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BSB
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
KJV
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
WEB
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
ASV
that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
DARBY
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.
BLB
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
ÅB
for at slik som synden hersket ved døden, så skulle også nåden herske ved rettferdighet til et evig liv ved Jesus Kristus, vår Herre.
OTB
slik at, akkurat som synden hersket i døden, kan nåden også herske gjennom rettferdighet for å bringe evig liv gjennom Jesus Kristus vår Herre.
B1930
forat likesom synden hersket ved døden, så skulde også nåden herske ved rettferdighet til et evig liv ved Jesus Kristus, vår Herre.

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  • Titus 2:11

    For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

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  • Romans 6:14

    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

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  • Romans 5:14

    Nevertheless, 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.

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  • John 1:16–17

    From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

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  • Romans 8:10

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

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  • Romans 6:23

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  • Romans 5:12

    Therefore, 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.

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  • Romans 5:17

    For 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!

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