Romans 6:1

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? In the opening remarks on the foregoing chapter it was stated that the second great Head of the apostle's subject, the Fruits of Justification in Privilege and in Life, extended over three chapters-the sixth, seventh, and eighth. In the first eleven verses of the preceding chapter the Privileges of the Justified are handled, the remaining verses being a digression. The new Life of the believer falls now to be opened up. To this fruitful topic the apostle devotes two whole chapters; in the present chapter treating of the Union of believers to Christ as the source of the new life, and in the following one continuing this subject, but following it up with some profound considerations on the great principles of sin and holiness in fallen men, both under law and under grace. The General Bearing of Gratuitous Justific...

1._What then shall we say? _Throughout this chapter the Apostle proves, that they who imagine that gratuitous righteousness is given us by him, apart from newness of life, shamefully rend Christ asunder: nay, he goes further, and refers to this objection, — that there seems in this case to be an opportunity for the display of grace, if men continued fixed in sin. We indeed know that nothing is more natural than that the flesh should indulge itself under any excuse, and also that Satan should invent all kinds of slander, in order to discredit the doctrine of grace; which to him is by no means difficult. For since everything that is announced concerning Christ seems very paradoxical to human judgment, it ought not to be deemed a new thing, that the flesh, hearing of justification by faith, should so often strike, as it were, against so many stumbling-stones. Let us, however, go on in our c...

1,2 The apostle is very full in pressing the necessity of holiness. He does not explain away the free grace of the gospel, but he shows that connexion between justification and holiness are inseparable. Let the thought be abhorred, of continuing in sin that grace may abound. True believers are dead to sin, therefore they ought not to follow it. No man can at the same time be both dead and alive. He is a fool who, desiring to be dead unto sin, thinks he may live in it....

CHAPTER VI. _We must not abuse the boundless goodness of God by continuing_ _in sin, under the wicked persuasion that the more we sin the_ _more the grace of God will abound_, 1. _For, having been baptized into Christ, we have professed thereby_ _to be dead to sin_, 2-4. _And to be planted in the likeness of his resurrection_, 5. _For we profess to be crucified with him, to die and rise again_ _from the dead_, 6-11. _We should not, therefore, let sin reign in our bodies, but live_ _to the glory of God_, 12-14....

WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN? - This is a mode of presenting an objection. The objection refers to what the apostle had said in Romans 5:20. What shall we say to such a sentiment as that where sin abounded grace did much more abound? SHALL WE CONTINUE IN SIN? ... - If sin has been the occasion of grace and favor, ought we not to continue in it, and commit as much as possible, in order that grace might abound? This objection the apostle proceeds to answer. He shows that the consequence does not follow; and proves that the doctrine of justification does not lead to it....

EXPOSITION ROMANS 8:1 (7) _Moral results to true believers of the revelation to them of the righteousness of God. _The _righteousness of God_ having been announced as revealed in the gospel (Romans 1:17), set forth as available for all mankind (Romans 3:21), shown to be in accordance with the teaching of the Old Testament (Romans 4:1), viewed with regard to the feelings and hopes of believers fell Romans 5:1) and to the position of the human race before God ...

WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?.... The apostle here obviates an objection he saw would be made against the doctrine he had advanced, concerning the aboundings of the grace of God in such persons and places, where sin had abounded; which if true, might some persons say, then it will be most fit and proper to continue in a sinful course of life, to give up ourselves to all manner of iniquity, since this is the way to make the grace of God abound yet more and more: now says the apostle, what shall we say to this? how shall we answer such an objection? shall we join with the objectors, and say as they do? and SHALL WE CONTINUE IN SIN THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND? that is, shall we persist in a vicious way of living with this view, that the grace of God may be magnified hereby? is it right to commit sin on such an account? or is this a fair inference, a just consequence, drawn from the doctrine of grace?...

Paul finishes the last chapter by saying, «That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.» «What shall we say, then?» What inference shall we draw from the super-abounding of grace over sin? Romans 6:1. _What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?_ «Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?» That were very horrible inference. It is one great instance of the shocking depravity of man that the inference has been drawn sometimes, I hope not often, for surely Satan himself might scarcely draw an inference of licentiousness from love. Still, some have drawn it. Romans 6:2. _God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?_ Now, he

SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _ GRACE Grace (imparted). (Romans 5:1); (Romans 5:14); (Romans 5:15); (Romans 12:3); (Romans 12:6); (Romans 12:6); (Romans 12:1). ( See Scofield) - ...

CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Dead with Christ to Sin. (Romans 6:1 .)_ 2. Risen with Christ and Alive to God. (Romans 6:8 .) 3. Sin shall Not Have Dominion. (Romans 6:12 .) 4. Servants to Righteousness. (Romans 6:15 .) Romans 6:1 We have learned from the previous chapter that the justified believer is in Christ and fully identified with Him. God sees the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, no longer in Adam, but in Christ, the head of a new creation. “So if any one be in Christ, it is a new creation the old things have passed away, behold a