Romans 6:2
It could not be so. How shall we, who are dead unto sin, live any longer in it?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
In Context
1Then what shall we say? must we abide in sin, in order that grace may abound?
Cross References
Romans 5:11but not only so, but even rejoicing in God through Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we now received reconciliation.
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.
2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead;
Galatians 6:14But it would be impossible for me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world:
Colossians 3:3For ye are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in 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 →