Romans 5:21

“That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Romans 5:21

That as sinne hath reigned vnto death; euen so might grace reigne thorow righteousnes vnto eternall life, by Iesus Christ our Lord.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Romans chapter 5

so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- American Standard Version (1901)

That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Basic English Bible

in order that, even as sin has reigned in [the power of] death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Darby Bible

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

That as sin hath reigned to death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Webster's Bible

in order that as sin has exercised kingly sway in inflicting death, so grace, too, may exercise kingly sway in bestowing a righteousness which results in the Life of the Ages through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Weymouth Bible

that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- World English Bible

grace was more plenteuouse. That as synne regnede in to deth, so grace regne bi riytwisnesse in to euerlastynge lijf, bi `Crist Jhesu oure Lord.
- Wycliffe Bible

that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Youngs Literal Bible

guy's comment on 2015-01-12 12:48:26:

This verse exposes anyone who thinks grace somehow means anything goes. Righteousness is necessary and not just God 's righteousness, but what God takes account of in the saints...ultimately seen in the fine linen referred to in the last book of tge Bible - Revelation.

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