Discovery BoxRomans 5:21 
Context5:21 so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 7:5-6
Context7:5 For when we were in the flesh, 1 the sinful desires, 2 aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body 3 to bear fruit for death. 7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died 4 to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. 5
1 tn That is, before we were in Christ.
2 tn Or “sinful passions.”
3 tn Grk “our members”; the words “of our body” have been supplied to clarify the meaning.
4 tn Grk “having died.” The participle ἀποθανόντες (apoqanonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.
5 tn Grk “in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.”
