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how do sin and grace belong in the same conversation?

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Romans 5:20-21

The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly; that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Paul is writing a letter to the Christians in Rome, likely around the mid-1st century CE. In this part of his letter, he is explaining how sin entered the world through one person (Adam) and how God's grace and righteousness came through another (Jesus Christ), offering a solution that surpasses the problem.

When does the idea of 'grace abounding' feel most real in your experience?

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Read alongside it

  • Romans 3:23-24

    Explains that all have sinned, but are justified freely by God's grace.

  • Ephesians 2:8-9

    States that salvation is by grace through faith, not by works.

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