Romans 5:20

James Moffatt - New Testament

Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,

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Now what are we to infer from this? That we are to 'remain on in sin, so that there may be all the more grace'?

Sin must have no hold over you, for you live under grace, not under law.

(What the Law produces is the Wrath, not the promise of God; where there is no law, there is no transgression either.)

Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."

The thief only comes to steal, to slay, and to destroy: I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.

They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin —

Go and learn the meaning of this word, I care for mercy not for sacrifice. For I have not come to call just men but sinners."

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.