Romans 6:1
What then will we say? Should we continue in sin so that grace may abound?
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
In Context
2May it never be. We who died to sin, how can we still live in it?
Cross References
Romans 2:4Or do you think so little of the riches of his goodness, his delayed punishment, and his patience? Do you not know that his goodness is meant to lead you to repentance?
Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! Instead, we uphold the law.
Romans 6:15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be.
1 Peter 2:16As free people, do not use your freedom as a covering for wickedness, but be like servants of God.
Jude 1:4For certain men have slipped in secretly among you. These are men who were marked out for condemnation. They are ungodly men who have changed the grace of our God into sensuality, and who 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 →