Romans 5:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 5:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 5:20 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 5:20 — KJV
“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:”
— Romans 5:20 (KJV)
Romans 5:20 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 5:20
“But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.”
Shares key themes with Romans 5:20: offence, abound, abounded
“Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth”
Shares key themes with Romans 5:20: moreover, where, sin
“Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. images: or, teraphim”
Shares key themes with Romans 5:20: moreover, law, might
“Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Romans 5:20: moreover, law, might
“Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. bounty: Gr. blessing whereof...: or, which hath been so much spoken of before”
Shares key themes with Romans 5:20: might, where, sin
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