Romans 6:12 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

KJV

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

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Commentary

5 voices

Irenaeus

AGAINST HERESIES 5.14.4 (202)

In these same members, therefore, in which we used to serve sin, and bring forth fruit unto death, does He wish us to [be obedient] unto righteousness, that we may bring forth fruit unto life.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Let not sin reign even in your mortal body - It must be subject to death, but it need not be subject to sin.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Sin lies very much in the gratifying of the body, and humouring that. And there is a reason implied in the phrase your mortal body; because it is a mortal body, and hastening apace to the dust, therefore let not sin reign in it. It was sin that made our bodies mortal, and therefore do not yield obedience to such an enemy.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The "body" is here viewed as the instrument by which all the sins of the heart become facts of the outward life, and as itself the seat of the lower appetites; and it is called "our mortal body," probably to remind us how unsuitable is this reign of sin in those who are "alive from the dead." But the reign here meant is the unchecked dominion of sin within us.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μὴ	Mē	Not	G3361 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
βασιλευέτω	basileuetō	should reign	G936 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ἁμαρτία	hamartia	sin	G266 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
θνητῷ	thnētō	mortal	G2349 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
σώματι	sōmati	body	G4983 →
εἰς	eis	in order	G1519 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ὑπακούειν	hupakouein	to obey	G5219 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
ἐπιθυμίαις	epithumiais	desires	G1939 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of it,	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 5:16
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
leads to
- Galatians 6:8
  The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 5:24–25
  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- Romans 8:12–14
  Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Colossians 3:5–10
  Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Through
Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
leads to
- Romans 6:6
  We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
- Romans 13:14
  Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Through
Romans 6:16
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to…
leads to
- John 8:34
  Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans