Grace Reigns Eternal

Therefore, just as sin

came into the world through one man,

and death through sin,

and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given,

but sin is not counted where there is no law.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses,

even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam,

who was a type of the one who was to come.

But the free gift is not like the trespass.

For if many died through one man's trespass,

much more have the grace of God and the free gift by

the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

And the free gift is not like the result of that one

man's sin.

For the judgment following

one trespass brought condemnation,

but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.

For if,

because of one man's trespass,

death reigned through that one man,

much more will those who receive the abundance of grace

and the free gift of righteousness reign in life

through the one man Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men,

so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all

men.

For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners,

so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

Now the law

came in to increase

the trespass, but where sin increased,

grace abounded all the more,

so that,

as sin reigned in death,

grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus

Christ our Lord.