Romans 6:14
For, sin, over you, shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under favour.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 law but under favour? Far be it!
Cross References
Psalms 130:7Wait, O Israel, for Yahweh,—for, with Yahweh, is lovingkindness, and there aboundeth with him—redemption.
Matthew 1:21Moreover she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus,—for, he, will save his people from their sins.
John 8:36If then, the Son, shall make you free, really free, shall ye be.
Romans 4:16For this cause, it is by faith, in order that it may be by way of favour, so that the promise is firm unto all the seed,—not unto that by the law only, but unto that also [which is such] by the faith of Abraham; who is father of us all,—
Romans 6:12Let not sin, therefore, reign in your death-doomed body, that ye should be obedient to its covetings;
Romans 7:4So, then, my brethren, ye also, were made dead unto the law through the body of the Christ, to the end ye might become another’s—his who from among the dead was raised, in order that we might 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 →