Romans 6:1
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
In Context
2Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
Cross References
Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Romans 6:15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and 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 →