Romans 6:1
WHAT then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
In Context
2Far be it! How shall we who died to sin, live any longer therein?
Cross References
Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God is leading thee to repentance;
Romans 3:31Do we then make void law through the faith? Far be it! Yea, we establish law.
Romans 6:15What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under grace? Far be it!
1 Peter 2:16as free, and as not having your freedom for a vail of wickedness, but as God's servants.
Jude 1:4For there crept in stealthily certain men, who of old were appointed beforehand to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into wantonness, and denying the only Master, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on Romans 6:1
The apostle having at large asserted, opened, and proved, the great doctrine of justification by faith, for fear lest any should suck poison out of that sweet flower, and turn that grace of God into wantonness and licentiousness, he, with a like zeal, copiousness of expression, and cogency of argument, presses the absolute necessity of sanctification and a holy life, as the inseparable fruit and companion of justification; for, wherever Jesus Christ is made of God unto any soul righteousness, he is made of God… Read the whole commentary →