Romans 6:1
Then what shall we say? must we abide in sin, in order that grace may abound?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
In Context
2It could not be so. How shall we, who are dead unto sin, live any longer in it?
Cross References
Romans 2:4Do you look with contempt upon the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God is leading you to repentance?
Romans 3:31Then do we make void the law through faith? It could not be so: but we establish the law.
Romans 6:15What then? can we commit sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? it could not be so.
1 Peter 2:16as free, and not as having the freedom as a cover of evil, but as servants of God.
Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in, who long ago were written down to this judgment, ungodly, transforming the grace of God into impurity, even denying Jesus Christ, our only Sovereign and Lord.
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 →