Romans 6:2

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

1Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? 3Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? 4For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

Romans 6:2 word by word

μὴ γένοιτο. οἵτινες ἀπεθάνομεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, πῶς ἔτι ζήσομεν ἐν αὐτῇ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• God forbidμήmē · notG3361
• God forbidγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• Howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• shall weζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• thatὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• are deadἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• to sinὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• any longerἔτιeti · stillG2089
• thereinἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thereinαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Romans 6:2

• Romans 3:1Then what’s the advantage of being a Jew? Is there any value in the ceremony of circumcision?
• Genesis 39:9No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”
• Psalms 119:104Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life.
• 1 John 3:9Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.
• Romans 6:5Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.
• Romans 5:11So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.
• Romans 7:4So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God.
• Galatians 2:19For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law—I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—so that I might live for God.
• Galatians 6:14As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.
• Colossians 3:3For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
• 1 Peter 2:24He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.
• 1 Peter 1:14So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.
• 1 Peter 4:1So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished 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

Topics related to Romans 6:2

• Death
• Holiness
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Destroy
• Fruit
• Justification
• Newness
• Obey
• Reign
• Wages
• Works, Good

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