20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. …
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Wherefore 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. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-21)The apostle here describes the fountain and foundation of justification, laid in the death of the Lord Jesus. The streams are very sweet, but, if you run them up to the spring-head, you will find it to be Christ’s dying for us; it is in the precious stream of Christ’s blood that all these privileges come flowing to us: and therefore he enlarges upon this instance of the love of God which is shed a…
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