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Romans 6:2
2Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?
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 then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound? Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it? 3Are you ignorant that we, as many as have been baptised unto Christ Jesus, have been baptised unto his death? 4We have been buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, in order that, even as Christ has been raised up from among [the] dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should 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 then [is] the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision?
- Genesis 39:9There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
- Psalms 119:104From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
- 1 John 3:9Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
- Romans 6:5For if we are become identified with [him] in the likeness of his death, so also we shall be of [his] resurrection;
- Romans 5:11And not only [that], but [we are] making our boast in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we have received the reconciliation.
- Romans 7:4So that, my brethren, ye also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among [the] dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
- Galatians 2:19For I, through law, have died to law, that I may live to God.
- Galatians 6:14But far be it from me to boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom [the] world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
- Colossians 3:3for ye have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.
- 1 Peter 2:24who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
- 1 Peter 1:14as children of obedience, not conformed to [your] former lusts in your ignorance;
- 1 Peter 4:1Christ, then, having suffered for us in [the] flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in [the] flesh has done with 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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