Romans 5:20

The law came in alongside, so that the trespass would multiply. But where sin multiplied, grace overflowed far beyond it,
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  1. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites Rom. 5:20

    …sin, doth revive, Rom. 7:9, put strength into, 1 Cor. 15:56, and increase it in the soul, Rom. 5:20, even as it doth discover and forbid it; for it doth not give power to subdue. Again, as…

  2. Communion with God · John Owen

    Other consequential affections cites Rom. v. 20

    …presence to comfort us, — he doth it abundantly. You have the general assertion of it, Rom. v. 20, “Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” If grace abound much more in…

  3. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the Third cites Rom. v. 20

    …was promised to the Seed to come;) but to cause transgressions to abound, as he saith Rom. v. 20, “The law entered that sin might abound.” Not that sins were not committed and did not…

  4. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

    The Interpreter’s House cites ROMANS 5:20

    …that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. ROMANS 5:20 Passion and Patience In a little room sit two children. Passion is discontented; Patience…

  5. Grace Abounding (For Teens) · John Bunyan

    Leap off the Ladder cites Romans 5:20

    “But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound” — Romans 5:20 (KJV) In those years England had brought back the king, and new laws said worship had to…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 7 — The Law Given, Not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until His Advent cites Rom. 5:20

    …accordingly, that it is “the ministration of death;” that it “worketh wrath” and kills (Rom. 5:20; 2 Cor. 3:7; Rom. 4:15). For there cannot be a doubt that the clearer the consciousness…

  7. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility in the Disciples of Jesus cites Romans 5:20

    …The promise is, “Where,” even in the heart, “increased, grace abounded all the more” Romans 5:20 . All Christ's teaching to His disciples and all their vain efforts were the needful…

  8. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility and Sin cites Romans 5:20

    …liable to sin, so intensely alive. “Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” Romans 5:20. This reveals how the very essence of grace is to deal with and take away sin, and how it…

  9. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Much More Versus Much Less cites Romans 5:20

    “But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (Romans 5:20). A great deal of the comfort in our religious lives depends on the view we take of…

  10. The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo · Ochorus Originals

    The Pear Tree cites ROMANS 5:20

    …a right spirit within me. PSALM 51:10 But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. ROMANS 5:20 The boy under the pear tree did not know it, but the God he was defying was already on…

  11. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    January cites Rom 5:20

    …and have it overflowingly”; “Where sin overflows, grace much more overflows” (Jn 10:10; Rom 5:20). Let us remember that God does not pour in unless we pour out. If we are filled with the…

  12. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    April cites Rom 5:20

    …The Apostle keeps using that word, which really means “running over” (Rom 5:15, Rom 5:17, Rom 5:20). And the result of receiving more and more out of God's fullness, is that we reign, not…

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