Romans 6:1-2 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:1-11

Buried and risen with Christ. Attaching to almost all privileges and blessings there are dangerous possibilities of abuse. So with the blessed doctrine of justification by faith, which has been so largely dwelt on hitherto. So especially with that aspect of it just referred to ( Romans 5:20 ). How readily the question might spring to the lip, "Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" But how readily, from every Christian heart, would spring the response, "God forbid! How shall... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:1-11

Justification securing sanctification. St. Paul has been speaking in the previous paragraph of "grace abounding," and a very natural insinuation might be made that continuance, permanent abiding, in sin would be the condition of the most abounding grace. If, therefore, our pardon and acceptance are secured through Christ's obedience unto death, what motive can the justified have in warring with sin? Why not sin up to our bent, that grace may abound? It is this immoral insinuation that the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:1-14

The practical power of the Resurrection. Here the apostle enlarges still more fully upon the truth that the Christian's faith leads not merely to the pardon of sin, but also to deliverance from its power. Because grace has abounded over sin, and our unrighteousness has commended the righteousness of God, it does not therefore follow that we are to continue in sin. If we have a real union with Christ, we have been baptized into his death. We are buried with him by baptism into death; "that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:2

God forbid! ( ΄ὴ γένοιτο : St. Paul's usual way of rejecting an idea indignantly). We who ( οἵτινες , with its proper meaning of being such as ) died (not, as in the Authorized Version, "are dead." The reference is to the time of baptism, as appears from what follows) to sin, how shall we live any longer therein! The idea of dying to sin in the sense of having done with it, is found also in Macrob., 'Somn. Scip.,' 1.13 (quoted by Meyer), "Mori etiam dicitur, cum anima adhuc... 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

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

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 6:1

What, &c. See Romans 3:5 . continue . Greek. epimeno. See Acts 10:48 . sin . App-128 . that = in order that. Greek. hina . grace . App-184 . abound . See Romans 5:20 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 6:2

God forbid . See Romans 3:4 . are dead = died. therein = in ( App-104 .) it. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 6:2

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

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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 6:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 6:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 6:2

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