Romans 6:14
And sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? Far be it.
Cross References
Matthew 1:21and she will bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he will resuscitate his people from their sins.
John 8:36If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will really be free men.
Romans 4:16Wherefore, it is by the faith which is by grace, that we are justified: so that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all:
Romans 6:12Therefore let not sin reign in your dead body, so that ye obey its lusts.
Romans 7:4And now, my brethren, ye also have become dead to the law, by the body of Messiah; that ye might be joined to another, even to him who arose from the dead; and might yield fruits 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 →