Romans 5:20
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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Study Note
'Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.' Paul's assertion that the law 'entered' (pareisēlthen — came in alongside) so that sin might abound is one of his most provocative theological claims about Torah's function. Rather than providing a remedy for sin, the law increases consciousness of transgression — a point Paul develops in Romans 7:7-13. The response clause — 'where sin abounded, grace did much more abound' — announces grace as constitutively excessive, always outracing sin's magnitude. Luther's simul iustus et peccator ('simultaneously righteous and sinner') theology draws on exactly this dynamic.
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And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:
And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
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