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Romans 5:20 — King James Version← Study notes

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:


Romans 5:20Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 5:2015 words
GreekMeaning
νόμοςnomos
The lawnounG3551
δὲde
nowwordG1161
παρεισῆλθενpareisēlthen
enteredverbG3922
ἵναhina
so thatwordG2443
πλεονάσῃpleonasē
may aboundverbG4121
τὸto
thearticleG3588
παράπτωμαparaptōma
trespassnounG3900
οὗhou
wherewordG3756
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
ἐπλεόνασενepleonasen
aboundedverbG4121
thearticleG3588
ἁμαρτίαhamartia
sinnounG266
ὑπερεπερίσσευσενhypereperisseusen
overaboundedverbG5248
thearticleG3588
χάριςcharis
gracenounG5485
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 5:20

“Moreover the Law entered: that the offense might abound.” Since then he had shown that the world was condemned from Adam, but from Christ was saved and freed from condemnation, he now seasonably enters upon the discussion of the Law, here again undermining the high notions of it. For it was so far from doing any good, he means, or from being any way helpful, but the disorder was only increased by its having come in. But the particle “that” again does not assign the cause,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 10 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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