Romans 6:1

Romans 6:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
• New International Version (NIV)What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
• English Standard Version (ESV)What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
• New King James Version (NKJV)What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

Context of Romans 6:1

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply? 2Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Romans 6:1 word by word

Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; ἐπιμένωμεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἵνα ἡ χάρις πλεονάσῃ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• shall we sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• Shall we continueἐπιμένωepimenō · to remain/keep onG1961
• in sinὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• in sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• may aboundπλεονάζωpleonazō · to increaseG4121

Cross-references for Romans 6:1

• Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?
• Romans 6:15What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Absolutely not!
• Romans 2:4Or do you despise the riches of his kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
• Romans 5:20The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more
• Galatians 5:13For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
• 1 Peter 2:16Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as God’s slaves.
• 2 Peter 2:18For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
• Jude 1:4For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Commentaries on Romans 6:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Shall we continue in sin - It is very likely that these were the words of a believing Gentile, who - having as yet received but little instruction, for he is but just brought out of his heathen state to believe in Christ Jesus - might imagine, from the manner in which God had magnified his mercy, in blotting out his sin on his simply believing on Christ, that, supposing he even gave way to the evil propensities of his own heart, his transgressions could…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1What 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Believers must die to sin, and live to God. (1-2) This is urged by their Christian baptism and union with Christ. (3-10) They are made alive to God. (11-15) And are freed from the dominion of sin. (16-20) The end of sin is death, and of holiness everlasting life. (21-23) Verses 1-2 The apostle is very full in pressing the necessity of holiness. He does not explain away the free grace of the gospel, but he shows that connexion between justification and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1What then: Because Paul has just proclaimed that God multiplies grace where sin increases (5:20), he knows that people will wonder whether this means that sin does not matter in the Christian life.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-111. What, &c.--The subject of this third division of our Epistle announces itself at once in the opening question, "Shall we (or, as the true reading is, "May we," "Are we to") continue in sin, that grace may abound?" Had the apostle's doctrine been that salvation depends in any degree upon our good works, no such objection to it could have been made. Against the doctrine of a purely gratuitous justification, the objection is plausible; nor has there ever…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 6:1

• Holiness
• Righteous

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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