Romans 6:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:3

Or know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death! ἢ , if taken in the sense of "or," at the beginning of Romans 6:3 , will be understood if we put what is meant thus: Do you not know that we have all died to sin? Or are you really ignorant of what your very baptism meant? But cf. Romans 7:1 , where the same expression occurs, and where ἢ appears only to imply a question. The expression βαππτίζεσθαι εἰς occurs also in 1... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:3-4

The significance of baptism. To suppose that the acceptance of the grace of God in Christ renders us careless about the further committal of sin is to misapprehend the nature of redemption. We cannot dissociate the external results of Christ's work from a consideration of its inward effects upon the mind and heart of the man who profits by it. For a practical refutation of the supposition, the apostle points to the acknowledged meaning of the ceremony wherein each believer indicates his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:4

Therefore we were buried (not are, as in the Authorized Version ) with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life . The mention here of burial as welt as death does not appear to be meant as a further carrying out of the idea of a fulfilment in us of the whole of Christ's experience, in the sense—As he died and was buried, so we die and are even buried too. Such a conception of burial being... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:4

"Newness of life:" a New Year's sermon. Things new and old make up the sum of human experiences. All that is new becomes old, and the old disappears to come before us again in new combinations, in new shapes. The mind of man seems to have a natural leaning in both directions; we like the old because it is old, and the new because it is new. This is one of the contradictions inseparable from human nature. There is some truth in the common saying that the young prefer novelty and the aged... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:1

What shall we say then? - This is a mode of presenting an objection. The objection refers to what the apostle had said in Romans 5:20. What shall we say to such a sentiment as that where sin abounded grace did much more abound?Shall we continue in sin? ... - If sin has been the occasion of grace and favor, ought we not to continue in it, and commit as much as possible, in order that grace might abound? This objection the apostle proceeds to answer. He shows that the consequence does not follow;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:2

God forbid - By no means. Greek, It may not be; Note, Romans 3:4. The expression is a strong denial of what is implied in the objection in Romans 6:1.How shall we? ... - This contains a reason of the implied statement of the apostle, that we should not continue in sin. The reason is drawn from the fact that we are dead in fact to sin. It is impossible for these who are dead to act as if they were alive. It is just as absurd to suppose that a Christian should desire to live in sin as that a dead... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:3

Know ye not - This is a further appeal to the Christian profession, and the principles involved in it, in answer to the objection. The simple argument in this verse and the two following is, that by our very profession made in baptism, we have renounced sin, and have pledged ourselves to live to God.So many of us ... - All who were baptized; that is, all professed Christians. As this renunciation of sin had been thus made by all who professed religion, so the objection could not have reference... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:4

Therefore we are buried ... - It is altogether probable that the apostle in this place had allusion to the custom of baptizing by immersion. This cannot, indeed, be proved, so as to be liable to no objection; but I presume that this is the idea which would strike the great mass of unprejudiced readers. But while this is admitted, it is also certain that his main scope and intention was not to describe the mode of baptism; nor to affirm that that mode was to be universal. The design was very... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 6:1-2

Romans 6:1-2. What shall we say then What shall we think of this doctrine? namely, taught in the latter part of the preceding chapter, that where sin abounded grace did much more abound? Does it not follow from thence that we may continue in sin, that grace may abound still more, and may appear more glorious in pardoning and saving us? The apostle here sets himself more fully to vindicate his doctrine from this consequence, suggested Romans 3:7-8. He had then only, in strong terms, denied... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 6:3-4

Romans 6:3-4. Know ye not Can any of you be ignorant of this great and obvious truth, that so many of us as were baptized into Christ That is, into the profession of the Christian faith; or implanted into and made a part of the mystical body of Christ by baptism, (as εις Χριστον seems to imply,) were baptized into his death Engaged by baptism to be conformed to his death, by dying to sin, as he died for it, and crucifying our flesh with its affections and lusts, as his body was... read more

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