Rom 5:20-21, 9:15-16, Eph 1:6 | ESV | STEP | Now the law came in to increase the trespass , but where sin increased , grace abounded all the more ,

h[John 3:35; 10:17; Col. 1:13]; See Matt. 3:17

Romans 5:20-21

20 Now ^athe law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^bgrace abounded all the more, 21 so that, ^cas sin reigned in death, ^dgrace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 9:15-16

15 For he says to Moses, ^e“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, ^{▼▼Greek not of him who wills or runs} but on God, who has mercy.

Ephesians 1:6

6 ^gto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in ^hthe Beloved.