Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
In Context
15What then? can we commit sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? it could not be so.
Cross References
Matthew 1:21she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins.
John 8:36If therefore the Son may make you free, you shall be free indeed.
Romans 4:16Therefore it is by faith, in order that it may be by grace; that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not only of the law, but also of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey the lusts of it:
Romans 7:4So, my brethren, ye are dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, to him who is risen from the dead, in order that we may bring forth fruit unto God.
Matthew Henry on Romans 6:2-23
On Sanctification. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness… Read the whole commentary →