ROMANS CHAPTER SIX _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER SIX: I. Holiness is the logical outcome of the life of. Christian: Romans 6:1-23 A. Since they died to sin to rise to new life: Romans 6:1-14 B. Since they have. new Master who is opposed to sin: Romans 6:6-14 C. S... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN? SHALL WE CONTINUE IN SIN, THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND? 'What shall we say then' -'Then what shall we conclude' (Gspd); 'A transition-expression and. debater's phrase.'(Vincent p. 65); 'What inference then shall we draw, i.e. from the relations of sin and grace expounded in Romans... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD FORBID. WE WHO DIED TO SIN, HOW SHALL WE ANY LONGER LIVE THEREIN? 'God forbid' -Horrible thought (Robertson p. 361); 'Perish the thought', is the reaction of. mind that is mentally, morally, and spiritually sound. (Lenski p. 389) Modern Application: How would Paul react to the preaching of th... [ Continue Reading ]
OR ARE YE IGNORANT THAT ALL WE WHO WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH? 'Or are ye ignorant' -'Now this is important--Paul is here stressing what some saints might not have fully grasped' 'Anyone who can argue like that', says Paul, 'shows that he has not begun to underst... [ Continue Reading ]
WE WERE BURIED THEREFORE WITH HIM THROUGH BAPTISM UNTO DEATH: THAT LIKE AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD THROUGH THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, SO WE ALSO MIGHT WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. 'Buried therefore with him through baptism unto death' -a parallel is drawn between the burial and resurrection of C... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF WE HAVE BECOME UNITED WITH HIM IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH, WE SHALL BE ALSO IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS RESURRECTION; 'United' -to grow together (Robertson p. 362); an intimate and progressive union (Vincent p. 67) 4854. sumphutos soom'-foo-tos; from 4862 and. derivative of 5453; grown along w... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWING THIS, THAT OUR OLD MAN WAS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM, THAT THE BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE DONE AWAY, THAT SO WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE IN BONDAGE TO SIN; 'Knowing this' -'this we know' (Wey); 'Since we realize' (Lenski p. 400). Paul further enlarges upon the idea of death to sin by reminding us that as Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE THAT HATH DIED IS JUSTIFIED FROM SIN. 'died' -anyone that is united with Christ (Romans 6:2-5) 'JUSTIFIED FROM SIN' -'freed from sin' (NASV); side ref., 'acquitted'. 'As. dead slave is freed from his master so the believer who died with Christ is freed from all legal claim by his former ma... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF WE DIED WITH CHRIST, WE BELIEVE THAT WE SHALL ALSO LIVE WITH HIM;... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWING THAT CHRIST BEING RAISED FROM THE DEAD DIETH NO MORE; DEATH NO MORE HATH DOMINION OVER HIM. 'Verses 9-10 give us the reason to believe verse 8.' 'DIETH NO MORE' -'Christ's particular death occurs but once' (Hebrews 10:10).. complete refutation of the 'sacrificial' character of the 'mass'.'... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE DEATH THAT HE DIED, HE DIED UNTO SIN ONCE: BUT THE LIFE THAT HE LIVETH, HE LIVETH UNTO GOD. 'the life that he liveth' -having died such. death Jesus now lives. CERTAIN KIND OF LIFE. It is. life which is continually ('liveth'-present indicative) unto God. And what then is the logical result... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN SO RECKON YE ALSO YOURSELVES TO BE DEAD UNTO SIN, BUT ALIVE UNTO GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. 'Even so' -in this verse the application is made of all that precedes. 'RECKON' -'Consider yourselves' (NASV). The verb does not mean "to conclude" in. mere logical fashion but "to reckon" with certain fact... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: 'Let not' -Here is the call to resist sin. Becoming. Christian doesn't remove the need for self-control. Free-will is written all over these verses. 'REIGN' -936. basileuo bas-il-yoo'-o; from 93... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER PRESENT YOUR MEMBERS UNTO SIN AS INSTRUMENTS OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS; BUT PRESENT YOURSELVES UNTO GOD, AS ALIVE FROM THE DEAD, AND YOUR MEMBERS AS INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO GOD. NOTE: The body is. "neutral" instrument. The sin problem doesn't arise in the body, is comes from the 'heart/m... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU: FOR YE ARE NOT UNDER LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE. 'Sin shall not have dominion over you' -'for sin shall not have the mastery over you' (Con) 'ARE NOT UNDER LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE' -under. system that demands flawless law-keeping to maintain innocence, sin would r... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid. 'What then' -another turn in the argument about the gospel that Paul preaches. 'SHALL WE SIN, BECAUSE..' -'Surely, the objector says, we may take. night off now and then and sin. little bit, "since... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Paul's point is that one cannot be the servant of one master and serve another. We cannot make the choice to s... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered; 'Thanks be to God' -'Thank God for that "were". It isn't an "are" 'YE WERE SERVANTS OF SIN, YE BECAME OBEDIENT..' -NOTE: To get out o... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:18 and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness. 'and being' -'Being THEN made free from sin' (KJV). Indicating that one is freed from sin at the point that they obey from the heart the 'form of teaching', i.e. at the point of being baptized. (Mark 16:16; 1 Peter 3... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:19. speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification. 'I speak after the manner of men' -'I... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:20 For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness. 'free in regard of righteousness' -sin, not righteousness was your master then.... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:21 What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 'Fruit' -'Well, what did you gain by it all? Nothing but what you are now ashamed of!' (Mof) 'ASHAMED' -sin always takes you farther than you thought you would go, it... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life. 'have your fruit' -'derive your benefit' (NASV) 'SANCTIFICATION' -38. hagiasmos hag-ee-as-mos'; from 37; properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; c... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 'Wages of sin' -Sin pays its wages in full with no cut. (Robertson p. 365); 'Sin pays its serfs by punishing them' (Vincent p. 73). Those who participate in sin EARN eternal destruction... [ Continue Reading ]