Romans 6:12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. LET NOT SIN THEREFORE (AS THOUGH IT WERE STILL YOUR MASTER) REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY, THAT YE SHOULD OBEY IT (SIN) IN THE LUSTS THEREOF - i:e., the lusts of the body, as the Greek makes evident [ eis (G1519) to (G3588) hupakouein (G5219) autee (G846) en (G1722) tais (G3588) epithumiais (G1939) autou ...

12._Let not sin then_, _etc. _He now begins with exhortation, which naturally arises from the doctrine which he had delivered respecting our fellowship with Christ. Though sin dwells in us, it is inconsistent that it should be so vigorous as to exercise its reigning power; for the power of sanctification ought to be superior to it, so that our life may testify that we are really the members of Christ. I have already reminded you that the word _body _is not to be taken for flesh, and skin, and bones, but, so to speak, for the whole of what man is. (191) This may undoubtedly be inferred from the passage; for the other clause, which he immediately subjoins respecting the members of the body, includes the soul also: and thus in a disparaging manner does Paul designate earthly man, for owing to the corruption of our nature we aspire to nothing worthy of our original. So also does God say in...

11-15 The strongest motives against sin, and to enforce holiness, are here stated. Being made free from the reign of sin, alive unto God, and having the prospect of eternal life, it becomes believers to be greatly concerned to advance thereto. But, as unholy lusts are not quite rooted out in this life, it must be the care of the Christian to resist their motions, earnestly striving, that, through Divine grace, they may not prevail in this mortal state. Let the thought that this state will soon be at an end, encourage the true Christian, as to the motions of lusts, which so often perplex and distress him. Let us present all our powers to God, as weapons or tools ready for the warfare, and work of righteousness, in his service. There is strength in the covenant of grace for us. Sin shall not have dominion. God's promises to us are more powerful and effectual for mortifying sin, than our p...

Verse Romans 6:12. _LET NOT SIN THEREFORE REIGN_] This is a prosopopoeia, or _personification_. Sin is represented as a _king,_ _ruler_, or _tyrant_, who has the _desires of the mind_ and the _members_ of the _body_ under his control so that by influencing the _passions_ he governs the _body_. Do not let sin reign, do not let him work; that is, let him have no _place_, no _being_ in your souls; because, wherever he is he governs, less or more: and indeed _sin_ is not _sin_ without this. How is sin known? By evil _influences_ in the mind, and _evil acts_ in the _life_. But do not these _influences_ and these _acts_ prove his _dominion_? Certainly, the very existence of an evil thought to which _passion_ or _appetite attaches itself_, is a proof that there sin has _dominion_; for...

LET NOT SIN THEREFORE - This is a conclusion drawn from the previous train of reasoning. The result of all these considerations is, that sin should not be suffered to reign in us. REIGN - Have dominion; obtain the ascendency, or rule. IN YOUR MORTAL BODY - In you. The apostle uses the word “mortal” here, perhaps, for these reasons, * To remind them of the tendency of the flesh to sin and corruption, as equivalent to “fleshly,” since the flesh is often used to denote evil passions and desires (compare Romans 7:5, Romans 7:23; Romans 8:3,...

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 ...

LET NOT SIN THEREFORE REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY,.... Since grace reigns in you, sin should not: seeing ye are dead to sin, are baptized into the death of Christ, and are dead with him, and alive through him, sin therefore should not reign in you, and over you. This exhortation does not suppose a freewill power in man naturally, for this is spoken to persons, who had the Spirit and grace of Christ, and in whom God had wrought both to will and to do of his good pleasure; nor is this exhortation unnecessary to believers, though they are dead to sin, and though God has promised it shall not have the dominion over them, and though reigning sin, as divines say, cannot be in regenerate persons; for though they are entirely dead to sin as justified persons, yet not perfectly so as sanctified: they are indeed dead to sin, but sin is not dead in them; it struggles, it makes war, leads captive, and...

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). _...

ROMANS 6:12 tai/j evpiqumi,aij auvtou/ {B} The reading tai/j evpiqumi,aij auvtou/, strongly supported by Alexandrian witnesses as well as by a few Western witnesses (a A B C* 81 1739 itdc, r, 61 vg syrp copsa, bo _al_), was replaced in several (chiefly Western) witnesses by auvth|/ (î46 D G itd*, g Speculum _al_), probably under the influence of the repeated mention of a`marti,a in the following verses. The Textus Receptus, following C3 K P Y 614 _Byz Lect_ syrh _al_, blends the two earlier readings, combined with evn, i...