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Romans 5:17

For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

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εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἑνὸςhenosby one man'sεἷς (heis)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “by one man's”, the of-formG1520one.by one man'sπαραπτώματιparaptōmatioffenceπαράπτωμα (paraptōma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “offence”, the to- or for-formG3900a falling away, lapse, slip, false step, trespass, sin.offenceὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θάνατοςthanatosdeathθάνατοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “death”, the subject formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathἐβασίλευσενebasileusenreignedβασιλεύω (basileuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “reigned”, a single actionG936(a) I rule, reign, (b) I reign over.reignedδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἑνόςhenosoneεἷς (heis)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “one”, the of-formG1520one.oneπολλῷpollōmuchπολύς (polus)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “much”, the to- or for-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.muchμᾶλλονmallonmoreμᾶλλονadverb — “more”G3123more, rather.This verse uses “more”.moreοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.περισσείανperisseianabundanceπερισσεία (perisseia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “abundance”, the object formG4050abundance, superfluity.abundanceτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.χάριτοςcharitosof graceχάρις (charis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of grace”, the of-formG5485(a) grace, as a gift or blessing brought to man by Jesus Christ, (b) favor, (c) gratitude, thanks, (d) a favor, kindness.This verse uses “grace”.of graceκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δωρεᾶςdōreasof the giftδωρεά (dōrea)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the gift”, the of-formG1431a (free) gift, a gift (without repayment).of the giftτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δικαιοσύνηςdikaiosunēsof righteousnessδικαιοσύνη (dikaiosunē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of righteousness”, the of-formG1343(usually if not always in a Jewish atmosphere), justice, justness, righteousness, righteousness of which God is the source or author, but practically: a divine righteousness.This verse uses “righteousness”.of righteousnessλαμβάνοντεςlambanontesto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to take”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inζωῇzōēlifeζωήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “life”, the to- or for-formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.lifeβασιλεύσουσινbasileusousinto reignβασιλεύω (basileuō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to reign”, an action still aheadG936(a) I rule, reign, (b) I reign over.This verse uses “reign”.διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἑνὸςhenosoneεἷς (heis)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “one”, the of-formG1520one.oneἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.JesusΧριστοῦchristouChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christ

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one — Jesus Christ.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

Darby Translation

For if by the offence of the one death reigned by the one, much rather shall those who receive the abundance of grace, and of the free gift of righteousness, reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)

Douay-Rheims

For if by one man’s offence death reigned through one; much more they who receive abundance of grace, and of the gift, and of justice, shall reign in life through one, Jesus Christ.

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