Romans 6:2-23 ESV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:8

Now if we be dead with Christ ,.... This does not imply any doubt about it, but is rather a taking it for granted: seeing we are dead with Christ by union with him, as our head and representative, and by communion with him in the benefits of his death, and being planted together in the likeness of it; or being dead to the law, sin, and the world, through the virtue and efficacy of Christ's death: we believe that we shall also live with him ; not only a life of justification by faith in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:9

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead ,.... That Christ is risen from the dead, is a certain fact, well attested, thoroughly known, and firmly believed; the prophets prophesied of it, Christ himself foretold it, angels affirmed it, and the apostles were witnesses of it, as is also the Holy Ghost: and it is as certain, that he dieth no more ; he is raised to an immortal life, and will live for evermore; there is no need of his dying again, his death having been a full atonement... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:10

For in that he died ,.... The death of Christ was settled and agreed to in the covenant and council of peace; it was spoken of by the prophets, and typified by sacrifices; Christ came into the world in order to die, and actually did die the death of the cross; in which the great love of God and Christ is expressed to us; and which is a fundamental article of the Christian faith: and when he died, he died unto sin once : he died to that, which we by nature are dead in, and could never... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:11

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves ,.... Two things the apostle would have believers consider of themselves, and reckon themselves, to be, in consequence of their relation to Christ, who was dead, but is alive, and as agreeable thereunto: the one is, that they would look upon themselves to be dead indeed unto sin : believe their discharge from it, and not fear condemnation and death on account of it; and that it shall not be imputed to them, or have any damning power over them, since... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body ,.... Since grace reigns in you, sin should not: seeing ye are dead to sin, are baptized into the death of Christ, and are dead with him, and alive through him, sin therefore should not reign in you, and over you. This exhortation does not suppose a freewill power in man naturally, for this is spoken to persons, who had the Spirit and grace of Christ, and in whom God had wrought both to will and to do of his good pleasure; nor is this... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:13

Neither yield ye your members ,.... The apostle more fully explains what he means by obeying sin in the lusts thereof; a presenting, or making use of the "members, as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin": by their "members" he means the several powers and faculties of the soul, and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "your souls"; or the several parts of the body, or both; by "yielding", or presenting of them, is designed the employment of them in the service of sin, as instruments of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:14

For sin shall not have dominion over you ,.... It has dominion over God's people in a state of unregeneracy: and after conversion it is still in them, and has great power oftentimes to hinder that which is good, and to effect that which is evil; it entices and ensnares, and brings into captivity, and seems as though it would regain its dominion, and reign again, but it shall not. This is not a precept, exhortation, or admonition, as before, though some read it as such, "let not sin have... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:15

What then? shall we sin ,.... Does it follow from hence, that therefore we may sin, and go on and continue in it, because we are not under the law, but under grace ? here the apostle meets with an objection of the adversary, saying, that if men are not under the law, and are free from all obligation to it, then they may live as they list; nor can they be chargeable with sin, or that be objected to them; since where there is no law, there is no transgression, and sin is not imputed where... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:16

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves ,.... The apostle goes on with his answer to the above objection, by making use of an argument from the nature of servants and their obedience, a thing well known to everyone, and which none could be ignorant of; which he delivers by way of distribution, that such who yield themselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness : such who obey sin, are the servants of sin;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:17

But God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin ,.... Not that the apostle must be thought to give thanks to God for that these persons had been the servants of sin, than which nothing is more disagreeable to God, or caused more shame to themselves; but that inasmuch as they had been in the drudgery and service of sin, they were now freed from it. Just as if a person, that has been a slave for some time in Algiers, should bless God, or be thankful to the instrument of his deliverance,... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 6:17

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