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The Book of Romans, Chapter 5, Verse 21

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Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
King James Version
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
American Standard Version
that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
New English Translation
The Believer’s Enslavement to God’s Righteousness What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!
World English Bible
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
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God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
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Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
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For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection:
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Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
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For he that is dead is freed from sin.
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Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
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Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
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For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.