Romans 6:1
What shall we saye then? Shall we continue in sinne, that grace maye abound? God forbyd.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
In Context
2Howe shall we that are dead to sinne, lyue any longer therin?
Cross References
Romans 2:4Eyther despisest thou the rychesse of his goodnes, & pacience, and long sufferaunce, not knowyng that the kyndnesse of god leadeth thee to repentauce?
Romans 3:31Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth? God forbyd: But we rather mayntayne the lawe.
Romans 6:15What then? Shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace? God forbyd.
1 Peter 2:16As free, and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God.
Jude 1:4For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in, which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation: They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse, and denye God which is the only Lorde, and our Lorde Iesus Christe.
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 →