Romans 5:21

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Romans 5:19–21 · Berean Standard Bible

19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

20 The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

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.

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Romans 5:14

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Romans 6:16

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John 1:17

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Titus 2:11

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I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.