Category Archives: Romans

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, … Continue reading →

10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ … Continue reading →

6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now … Continue reading →

5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, united together — literally “planted together,” but the sense is of being united together. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading →

4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. death, here, is Christ’s death, … Continue reading →

3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Paul’s first “know ye not?” — implies they should have known. Baptized = put into and taken out again, … Continue reading →

 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? The stress in this verse is on we. Dead to sin — dead to its guilt. How can we continue in sin if we’re dead to … Continue reading →

1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Continue = abide — so, shall we sin to obtain grace? Paul is countering Antinomianism — a school of thought that says grace leads to … Continue reading →

21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. This verse presents a double contrast — sin and grace reign — death and righteousness are the results. … Continue reading →

20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, The purpose of the Law was to show man’s guilt and his inability to achieve righteousness by his own efforts. Grace didn’t remove … Continue reading →