Epistle
Rom 5.17-6.2
Read in contextBrethren,
5:17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
5:18Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life.
5:19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
5:20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
5:21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
6:1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
6:2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?