Romans 6:1
What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin so that grace may abound?
Text-Critical English NT
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 have died to sin still live in it?
Cross References
Romans 2:4Or do yoʋ despise the riches of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads yoʋ to repentance?
Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Romans 6:15What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
1 Peter 2:16Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil; live as servants of God.
Jude 1:4For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have crept in unnoticed. They are ungodly men who pervert the grace of our God, turning it into a license for sensuality. By doing so, they deny God, who is our only Master, and also the 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 →