"WHERE sin abounded, Romans 5:21 says that “sin has reigned.” And to reign is:
• to hold and exercise sovereign power;
• to exercise commanding influence;
• to dominate;
• to exercise control over;
• control as by right or superior force;
• to prevail irresistibly; exist widely or to the exclusion of something else.
That is what the word of God says that sin does in men and with men
as they are of themselves.
And until that fact is recognized, no man can be delivered from the power of sin. T he word used, and translated “reigned,” is a word that signifies and relates to governments and the reign of sovereigns."
A.T. Jones