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20 The law entered in[a] so that transgression might increase but, where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more,(A)

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  1. 5:20 The law entered in: sin had made its entrance (Rom 5:12); now the law comes in alongside sin. See notes on Rom 1:18–32; 5:12–21. Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more: Paul declares that grace outmatches the productivity of sin.

20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.(A) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,(B)

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