Romans 6:15
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
- KJV
- What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
- WEB
- What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
- ASV
- What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
- DARBY
- What then? should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Far be the thought.
- BLB
- What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Never may it be!
- ÅB
- Hva da? Skal vi synde, siden vi ikke er under loven, men under nåden? Langt ifra!
- OTB
- Hva skal vi da si? Skal vi synde fordi vi ikke er under loven, men under nåden? Slett ikke!
- B1930
- Hvad da? skal vi synde, siden vi ikke er under loven, men under nåden? Langt derifra!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Titus 2:11–14
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Read in contextEphesians 2:8–10
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Read in contextRomans 6:1–2
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Read in contextJude 1:4
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:20–21
And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
Read in contextGalatians 2:17–18
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
Read in contextRomans 3:9
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
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