Romans 6:12,Romans 6:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 6:12-14

Romans 6:12-14 . Let not sin Any sinful disposition or inclination; therefore Since you are regenerate and spiritually alive; reign in your mortal body That is, reign in your soul while it dwells in your body. Many of our sinful inclinations have their seat in the body, and such evil inclinations as are of a more spiritual nature, are always some way more or less turned toward the body. That ye should obey it Should yield to and be overcome by it; in the lusts thereof In the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 6:1-23

6:1-8:39 THE WAY OF HOLINESS (SANCTIFICATION)Having spoken about justification by faith (how believers can be put right with God), Paul goes on to speak about sanctification by faith (how believers can live lives of practical holiness). In some of the other New Testament writings, ‘sanctify’ means ‘declare holy’, in much the same way as ‘justify’ means ‘declare righteous’. (‘Sanctify’ and ‘holy’ are different parts of the same word in the original languages.) Sanctification, like justification,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 6:12

mortal = subject to death. Greek. thnetos. Here, Romans 8:11 . 1 Corinthians 15:53 , 1 Corinthians 15:54 ; 2Co 4:11 ; 2 Corinthians 5:4 . that ye should obey = for ( App-104 .) obeying. The texts omit "it in" and read "obey its desires". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 6:12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof.The Christian has a king; that king is Christ who reigns in his heart (see quotation from Wuest under Romans 6:4); and, in view of all that means, who could desire to dethrone him and put the monster of sin back in control of life's inner citadel; for, make no mistake, sin indulged makes sin the king instead of Christ; and the experience of every mortal should be enough to convince the most obdurate that sin... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 6:12

Romans 6:12. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body— Sin is here spoken of as a person; a prosopopoeia made use of throughout this and the following chapter; which must be observed if we will understand them right. See 1 Peter 4:1. Dr. Heylin renders this verse, Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, so as to obey it by indulging the appetites of the body. Mr. Locke observes, that the preposition εν, in the Apostle's writings, often signifies by; and as here, as well as in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:12

12. Let not sin therefore—as a Master reign—(The reader will observe that wherever in this section the words "Sin," "Obedience," "Righteousness," "Uncleanness," "Iniquity," are figuratively used, to represent a Master, they are here printed in capitals, to make this manifest to the eye, and so save explanation). in your mortal body, that ye should obey it—sin. in the lusts thereof—"the lusts of the body," as the Greek makes evident. (The other reading, perhaps the true one, "that ye should obey... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:1-14

1. Freedom from sin 6:1-14Paul began his explanation of the believer’s relationship to sin by explaining the implications of our union with Christ (Romans 6:1-14). He had already spoken of this in Romans 5:12-21 regarding justification, but now he showed how that union affects our progressive sanctification."The focus of his discussion, particularly in chapter 6, is not on how to obey God and avoid sinning, but on why we should obey God." [Note: Robert A. Pyne, "Dependence and Duty: The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:12

Paul had expounded the reality and implications of the believer’s union with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Romans 6:1-10). He had also urged his readers, therefore, to consider themselves dead to sin and alive to God (Romans 6:11). He now proceeded to call on them to present themselves to God in a decisive act of self-dedication (Romans 6:12-23)."Therefore" draws a conclusion on the basis of what has preceded. Since believers know that we are no longer subject to sin’s... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 6:1-23

The New Righteousness in Union with ChristSt. Paul’s begins by repeating an objection he must often have heard from Jewish adversaries (cp: Romans 3:8), and suggested here by Romans 5:20 -’Does not this teaching of pardon by God’s free favour practically encourage sin?’ The objection is stated in two forms (Romans 6:1, Romans 6:15). The Apostle not only answers his opponents: he is still more concerned to build up his readers in a holy life. He opposes to the objection the fact of the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 6:1-39

St. Paul has finished his exposition of Justification (Romans 3:19 to Romans 5:21), and now passes to Sanctification. In other words, having shown how the believer is delivered from the guilt of sin, he goes on to show how he is delivered from its power.Romans 6 shows the Christian abiding in living union with the risen Christ by the power of faith. Romans 7 describes the failure of the most earnest life apart from Christ. Romans 8 shows Christ abiding in the Christian by the power of the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 6:12-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 6:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 6:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 6:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 6:12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:1-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 6:1-23

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 6:1-39

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