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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 6:15-18

Romans 6:15-18. What then are we to infer? Shall we sin Go on in our transgressions; because we are not under the law Under the law of Moses, or any mere legal dispensation which forbids sin, but gives no strength against it; but under grace A dispensation perfectly the reverse, offering pardon to the most guilty, holiness to the most depraved, and strength to the most weak and helpless! God forbid That we should draw any inference so odious and destructive. Know ye not Is it... 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 6:15

Shall we = are we to. sin . Compare Romans 2:12 App-128 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 6:15

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.Sinning, persisted in, dethrones the Christ from the heart, as set forth under Romans 6:4; and, far from being an encouragement to sin, grace is the most effective ground ever revealed for the discouragement of it. But Paul here dealt with a slightly different problem from the similar question confronted in Romans 6:1. There it was a question of deliberate continuation in a state of rebellion, and here it is... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:15

15, 16. What then? . . . Know ye not—it is a dictate of common sense. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:15

Paul’s question here is not a repetition of Romans 6:1. There he asked if we could "continue in sin" or "go on sinning." Here he said, Shall we "sin?" There he was looking at continual sinning. Here he dealt with specific acts of sin. A sinful lifestyle and acts of sin are both inappropriate for a believer who is living under God’s gracious authority."Surely, the objector says, we may take a night off now and then and sin a little bit ’since we are under grace.’" [Note: Robertson, 4:364.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:15-23

2. Slavery to righteousness 6:15-23In the first part of this chapter Paul explained that Christ has broken the bonds of sin that enslave the Christian (Romans 6:1-14). In the second part he warned that even though we are free we can become enslaved to sin by yielding to temptation (Romans 6:15-23; cf. John 8:34). Rather we should voluntarily yield ourselves as slaves to righteousness."Three words summarize the reasons for our yielding: favor (Romans 6:14-15), freedom (Romans 6:16-20), and fruit... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 6:15

6:15 sin (k-5) Or 'are we to sin?' the subjunctive aorist. 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 6:15-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 6:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 6:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 6:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:15-23

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 6:15

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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