Romans 5:21 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 5:21

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto 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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

That as sin hath reigned - Note, Rom 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 Joh 1:17, “Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” Through righteousness - Through, or by means of, God’s plan of justification; Note, Rom 1:17. Unto eternal life - This stands opposed to “death” in the former part of the verse, and shows that there the apostle had reference to eternal death.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

That as sin had reigned - so grace also might reign - Which could not reign before the fall; before man had sinned. Through righteousness to eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord - Here is pointed out the source of all our blessings, the rich and free grace of God.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 330: “Reigning Grace” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1860)

I shall not pretend to enter into the fullness of this text, but merely select that topic, "Grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." Our Apostle represents man as being subject to two great kings. Sin is the grim tyrant, to whom, in the first place, man has bowed his willing neck. The reign of sin is a reign of terror and delusion; it promises pleasure, but being full of all manner of deceivableness, of unrighteousness, it gives pain even in this world—and in the world to come—eternal death!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
ὥσπερ	hōsper	just as	G5618 →
ἐβασίλευσεν	ebasileusen	reigned	G936 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἁμαρτία	hamartia	sin	G266 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
θανάτῳ,	thanatō	death,	G2288 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
χάρις	charis	grace	G5485 →
βασιλεύσῃ	basileusē	may reign	G936 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
δικαιοσύνης	dikaiosunēs	righteousness	G1343 →
εἰς	eis	unto	G1519 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
αἰώνιον	aiōnion	eternal	G166 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	Christ	G5547 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
κυρίου	kuriou	Lord	G2962 →
ἡμῶν.¶	hēmōn	of us.	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
leads to
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 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.
- James 1:15
  Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- John 6:40
  For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- Ezekiel 18:20
  The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of…
Through
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:8
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- 1 Timothy 2:4
  who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Isaiah 45:22
  Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans