Romans 5:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ So that, [just] as sin has reigned in death, [so] grace (His unearned and undeserved favor) might reign also through righteousness (right standing with God) which issues in eternal life through Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) our Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Common English Bible

²¹ The result is that grace will rule through God’s righteousness, leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, just as sin ruled in death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ So then, just as sin has reigned unto death, so also may grace reign through justice unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ That as sin hath reigned to death; so also grace might reign by justice unto life everlasting, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 5:21 Cross References

Matthew 25:46

And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

John 10:28

and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

Romans 4:13

For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

Romans 5:12

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--

Romans 5:14

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come.

Romans 5:17

For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

Romans 6:14

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6:16

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Romans 6:23

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

Romans 8:10

And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

1 Peter 5:10

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, stablish, strengthen you.

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal.