Romans 6:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:16

Know ye not ... - The objection noticed in Romans 6:15, the apostle answers by a reference to the known laws of servitude or slavery, Romans 6:16-20, and by showing that Christians, who had been the slaves of sin, have now become the servants of righteousness, and were therefore bound by the proper laws of servitude to obey their new master: as if he had said, “I assume that you know: you are acquainted with the laws of servitude; you know what is required in such cases.” This would be known to... read more

Joseph Benson

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 6:16

servants . App-190 . to obey = for ( App-104 .) obedience. his . . . obey = ye are servants to him whom ye obey. whether . Greek. etoi. An emphatic word. Only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 6:16

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?It would be impossible to frame in English a more dogmatic declaration that faith is not the only thing required for salvation. Paul's extensive writings hitherto in this letter, regarding salvation by faith, may in no sense, therefore, be construed as diminishing or omitting the requirement of obedience in all who hope to be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 6:16

Romans 6:16. Obedience— That which he calls here simply obedience, in other places he calls obedience of faith, and obedience of Christ; meaning a reception of the Gospel of Christ. The Apostle explains the obligations of Gentile Christians in their present state, in opposition to the Gentile or heathen state, by the case of slaves, at that time well understood all over the world. A servant or slave was his master's property, a part of his goods, which he might keep for life, sell to another... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 6:16

16. that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey—with the view of obeying him. his servants ye are to whom ye obey—to whom ye yield that obedience. whether of Sin unto death—that is, "issuing in death," in the awful sense of Romans 8:6, as the sinner's final condition. or of Obedience unto righteousness—that is, obedience resulting in a righteous character, as the enduring condition of the servant of new Obedience (1 John 2:17; John 8:34; 2 Peter 2:19; Matthew 6:24). 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 6:16

Having presented himself to God in dedication (Romans 6:13), the believer needs to obey Him. Obligation always follows dedication whether the dedication is to sin or to obedience. The outcome of dedication to sin is death (Romans 5:12; Romans 8:13), but the outcome of dedication to obedience is righteousness. Imparted, moral righteousness (progressive sanctification) is in view here, not imputed righteousness (justification, cf. Romans 5:19)."Many people who have been convicted of the guilt of... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 6:16

6:16 Know (d-1) In ver. 6 it is objective knowledge, ginosko . In vers. 9 and 16 it is conscious knowledge, oida . See Note to 1 Corinthians 8:1 . read more

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