Romans 5:20 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁰ And the Torah came in beside, so that the trespass would increase. But where sin increased, favour increased still more,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But then Law came in, [only] to expand and increase the trespass [making it more apparent and exciting opposition]. But where sin increased and abounded, grace (God's unmerited favor) has surpassed it and increased the more and superabounded,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

Common English Bible

²⁰ The Law stepped in to amplify the failure, but where sin increased, grace multiplied even more.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Now the law entered in such a way that offenses would abound. But where offenses were abundant, grace was superabundant.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Now the law entered in, that sin might abound. And where sin abounded, grace did more abound.

Romans 5:20 Cross References

Psalm 25:11

Lamed For Your Name’s sake, O יהוה, You shall pardon my crookedness, though it is great.

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,” says יהוה. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Ezekiel 16:52

“You also, who pleaded for your sisters, bear your own shame, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs. They are more righteous than you. So be ashamed too, and bear your own shame, because you have made your sisters seem righteous.

Numbers 21:9

So Mosheh made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole. And it came to be, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

Matthew 20:9

And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering.’ For I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.

Luke 7:47

Therefore I say to you, her many sins have been forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, he loves little.

John 10:10

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to slaughter, and to destroy. I have come that they might possess life, and that they might possess it beyond measure.

John 15:22

“If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Romans 4:15

for the Torah works out wrath, for where there is no Torah there is no transgression.

Romans 6:1

What, then, shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, to let favour increase?

Romans 6:14

For sin shall not rule over you, for you are not under the law but under favour.