Romans 6:1
What then shall we say? Shall we continue to abound in sin, in order that grace may come to abound?
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
In Context
2No indeed; how shall we who have died to sin still go on living in it any longer?
Cross References
Romans 2:4Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long patience? Do you not know that the kindness of God is leading you to repentance?
Romans 3:31Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.
Romans 6:15What then? Shall we commit an act of sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not.
1 Peter 2:16Live like free men; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct, but be the slaves of God.
Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in stealthily - men predestined in ancient prophecies for this condemnation - impious ones! They pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness, and deny Jesus Christ, our sole Master 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 →