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

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Rom. 7:8‑13• ⁸But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
⁹For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
¹⁰And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
¹¹For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
¹²Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
¹³Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. (Rom. 7:8‑13)

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John 15:22• ²²If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. (John 15:22)

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Gal. 3:19• ¹⁹Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. (Gal. 3:19)

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John 10:10• ¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)

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1 Tim. 1:14• ¹⁴And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 1:14)

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the law.

Rom. 3:19‑20• ¹⁹Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
²⁰Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. (Rom. 3:19‑20)

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Rom. 4:15• ¹⁵Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. (Rom. 4:15)

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Rom. 6:14• ¹⁴For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. (Rom. 6:14)

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Rom. 7:5‑13• ⁵For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
⁶But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
⁷What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
⁸But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
⁹For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
¹⁰And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
¹¹For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
¹²Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
¹³Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. (Rom. 7:5‑13)

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John 15:22• ²²If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. (John 15:22)

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2 Cor. 3:7‑9• ⁷But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
⁸How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
⁹For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. (2 Cor. 3:7‑9)

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Gal. 3:19‑25• ¹⁹Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
²⁰Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
²²But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
²³But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
²⁴Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
²⁵But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. (Gal. 3:19‑25)

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Rom. 6:1• ¹What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (Rom. 6:1)

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2 Chron. 33:9‑13• ⁹So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.
¹⁰And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
¹¹Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
¹²And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
¹³And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God. (2 Chron. 33:9‑13)

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Psa. 25:11• ¹¹For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. (Psa. 25:11)

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Isa. 1:18• ¹⁸Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)

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Isa. 43:24‑25• ²⁴Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
²⁵I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (Isa. 43:24‑25)

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Jer. 3:8‑14• ⁸And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
⁹And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
¹⁰And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.
¹¹And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.
¹⁴Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: (Jer. 3:8‑14)

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Ezek. 16:52,60‑63• ⁵²Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
⁶⁰Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
⁶¹Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
⁶²And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord:
⁶³That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 16:52,60‑63)

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Ezek. 36:25‑32• ²⁵Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
²⁶A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
²⁷And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
²⁸And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
²⁹I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
³⁰And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
³¹Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
³²Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. (Ezek. 36:25‑32)

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Mic. 7:18‑19• ¹⁸Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
¹⁹He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. (Mic. 7:18‑19)

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Matt. 9:13• ¹³But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Matt. 9:13)

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Luke 7:47• ⁴⁷Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. (Luke 7:47)

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Luke 23:39‑43• ³⁹And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
⁴⁰But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
⁴¹And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
⁴²And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
⁴³And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. (Luke 23:39‑43)

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John 10:10• ¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)

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1 Cor. 6:9‑11• ⁹Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
¹⁰Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
¹¹And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9‑11)

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Eph. 1:6‑8• ⁶To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
⁷In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
⁸Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; (Eph. 1:6‑8)

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Eph. 2:1‑5• ¹And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
²Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
³Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Eph. 2:1‑5)

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1 Tim. 1:13‑16• ¹³Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
¹⁴And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁵This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
¹⁶Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. (1 Tim. 1:13‑16)

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Titus 3:3‑7• ³For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
⁴But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
⁵Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
⁶Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
⁷That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:3‑7)

• Not only where the offense, but where sin abounded-for under the law and without the law it has abounded-grace has superabounded. (“Romans 5:12-21” by J.N. Darby)

• Sin was already there; the law made each of its motions a positive offense. (“Romans 5:12-21” by J.N. Darby)

• Dreadful as are the consequences of the sin, the outgoings of grace exceed them (Rom. 5:20). (“Hunt’s Sayings - 391” by R. Hunt)

• Both the "offence" and "grace" have abounded in opposite directions-with grace abounding "much more." Thus, the entrance of sin into the world has become an opportunity for God to magnify His grace by rising over it all. (“The Doctrine of DeliveranceFrom Sin: Romans 5:12-7:6” by B. Anstey)

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But law came ina, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded,

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Came in as an extra thing, or by the by.

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But law came in by the waya, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded

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Every word is uttered with the greatest accuracy. Thus the apostle speaks of the legal state of things, and hence employs the word "law" here as in verse 13 without the article. It is clearly the Mosaic law that is in question. Not the historical fact, but the resulting state is here meant.