American Standard Version
Romans 6:2
2God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
Romans 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
- New International Version (NIV)By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
- English Standard Version (ESV)By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
Context of Romans 6:2
1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein? 3Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
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μὴ γένοιτο. οἵτινες ἀπεθάνομεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, πῶς ἔτι ζήσομεν ἐν αὐτῇ;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Romans 6:2
- Romans 3:1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?
- Genesis 39:9he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
- Psalms 119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN.
- 1 John 3:9Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.
- Romans 6:5For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;
- Romans 5:11and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
- Romans 7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.
- Galatians 2:19For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.
- Galatians 6:14But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
- Colossians 3:3For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
- 1 Peter 2:24who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;
- 1 Peter 1:14as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
- 1 Peter 4:1Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
Commentaries on Romans 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2God forbid - , Let it not be; by no means; far from it; let not such a thing be mentioned! - Any of these is the meaning of the Greek phrase, which is a strong expression of surprise and disapprobation: and is not properly rendered by our God forbid! for, though this may express the same thing, yet it is not proper to make the sacred Name So familiar on such occasions. How shall we, that are dead to sin - The phraseology of this verse is common among…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2God 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2we who died to sin: Paul explains in 6:3–10 our new relationship to sin is possible because we are closely connected to the death of Jesus. Just as dying means entrance into an entirely new state of being, our relationship with sin is now different because of Christ’s death. To be dead to sin does not mean that believers no longer feel temptation or desire to sin. Believers are still involved in a struggle against sin (6:12–14). However, Christians no…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. God forbid--"That be far from us"; the instincts of the new creature revolting at the thought. How shall we, that are dead, &c.--literally, and more forcibly, "We who died to sin (as presently to be explained), how shall we live any longer therein?"Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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