q.d. When you served sin, you knew that God and righteousness had no whit of your service; why then should sin have any of your service now, when ye have delivered up yourselves to righteousness, or godliness, to be the observant followers thereof? Why should not ye now abstain as strictly from all sin, as then ye did from all good? read more
CRITICAL NOTESRomans 6:12.—Sin works bodily desires as the utterances of itself, obedience to which gives it its domain in the body (Wordsworth). Sin personified as a sort of rival sovereign or deity.Romans 6:13.—Do not wield arms for sin. Be as one who has come out of the world of the dead into that of the living, and whose present life has nothing in common with the former.Romans 6:14. Under grace.—Both justifying and renewing. In the evangelical state in which grace is offered and bestowed... read more
Romans 6:15-23 Bondmen of Righteousness. I. St. Paul's manner of thinking is frequently hard to follow. One peculiarity which contributes to make it a difficult exercise to track his reasoning is this: on the threshold of a fresh train of ideas, when the subject which fills his mind has been no more than started, it is not uncommon to find him suddenly break off in order to interject some side thought which has just occurred to him. Of this habit we have an instance before us. The objection... read more
Chapter 6What shall we say then? ( Romans 6:1 )If where sin abounds, grace does much more abound,Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? ( Romans 6:1 )No. Let's let God reveal how much grace there is by continuing in sin. Paul's answer is typical:God forbid ( Romans 6:2 ).Now he gives to you the new principal of life.How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? ( Romans 6:2 )I have received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. In receiving Jesus Christ as my Lord and... read more
Romans 6:1 . Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? The apostle having said, that as sin had abounded by the entrance of the law, so grace had much more abounded by the proclamation of the gospel, proceeds now to rebut the malicious slander of the jews, who had said, as in chap. Romans 3:8, that the christian doctrine encouraged men to do evil that good might come, presuming that God conferred righteousness without renovation of heart. He refutes this calumny, by pressing on... read more
Romans 6:19-20I speak after the manner of men. Apostolic exhortationI. Its method. “After the manner of men,” i.e., (Gr.) humanly--as men ordinarily speak, borrowing any illustrations from common life. Spiritual subjects are made plainer by familiar comparisons, and so preachers should use simple language and homely illustrations. This was exemplified in Christ, and inspired writers in general. The most useful preachers have ever been those who speak most humanly. The arrow too high flies over... read more
20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. Ver. 20. Free from righteousness ] That is, utterly void of grace, and did therefore sin lustily and horribly, earnestly opposing with crest and breast whatsoever stood in the way of their sins and lusts. read more
the servants: Romans 6:16, Romans 6:17, John 8:34 from: Gr. to Reciprocal: Psalms 107:10 - bound Romans 6:18 - servants Colossians 3:7 - General read more
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.When ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness — In all reason, therefore, ye ought now to be free from unrighteousness; to be as uniform and zealous in serving God as ye were in serving the devil. read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 6:12-23
Romans 6:12-Isaiah : . The Christian’ s Severance from Sin. Romans 6:12 f. The conflict turns on the possession of the body: sin and God both claim the use of your “ limbs” ; sin must not “ reign in your mortal body,” though that body is in death’ s domain ( Romans 7:25, Romans 8:10 f.; cf. Romans 5:21). With the new man “ living to God in Christ Jesus” ( Romans 6:11), his “ limbs must be presented for weapons of righteousness,” no longer to be plied against God ( cf. Romans 12:1; 1... read more