Romans 6:1
To what conclusion, then, shall we come? Are we to persist in sinning in order that the grace extended to us may be the greater?
Weymouth NT (1912)
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, live in it any longer?
Cross References
Romans 2:4Or is it that you think slightingly of His infinite goodness, forbearance and patience, unaware that the goodness of God is gently drawing you to repentance?
Romans 3:31Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.
Romans 6:15Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!
1 Peter 2:16Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
Jude 1:4For certain persons have crept in unnoticed--men spoken of in ancient writings as pre-destined to this condemnation--ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into an excuse for immorality, and disown Jesus Christ, our only Sovereign 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 →