Romans 6:1 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 6:1

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

KJV

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ASV

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

WEB

What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

YLT

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound?

DBT

What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound?

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Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.

Author: Paul the apostle, dictated to Tertius (Rom 16:22)
Date: c. AD 57, from Corinth before the Jerusalem offering

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19 verses on the floor

1 Peter 2:16
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Romans 6:15
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Romans 2:4
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Romans 3:5–8
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

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Let us, however, go on in our course; nor let Christ be suppressed, because he is to many a stone of offense, and a rock of stumbling; for as he is for ruin to the ungodly, so he is to the godly for a resurrection. We ought, at the same time, ever to obviate unreasonable questions, lest the Christian faith should appear to contain anything absurd.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Shall we hence take encouragement to sin with so much the more boldness, because the more sin we commit the more will the grace of God be magnified in our pardon? Is this a use to be made of it?" No, it is an abuse, and the apostle startles at the thought of it (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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