Romans 6:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Romans 6:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 - Hav...
Romans 6:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) Let not sin therefore (o) reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. (6) An exhortation to contend and strive with corruption and all the effects of it. (o) By reig...
Romans 6:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Christian's Severance from Sin. Romans 6:12 f. The conflict turns on the possession of the body: sin and God both claim the use of your limbs; sin must not reign in your mortal body, thoug...
Romans 6:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mortal . subject to death. Greek. thnetos. Here, Romans 8:11 ; 1 Corinthians 15:53 ; 1 Corinthians 15:54 . 2Co 4:11. 2 Corinthians 5:4 . that ye should obey . for (App-104.) obeying. The tex...
Romans 6:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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, i...
Romans 6:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Let not sin therefore reign - This is a prosopopoeia, or personification. Sin is represented as a king, r...
Romans 6:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body— Sin is here spoken of as a person; a prosopopoeia made use of throughout this and the following chapter; which must be observed if we will underst...
Romans 6:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 sh...
Romans 6:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The New Righteousness in Union with Christ St. Paul's begins by repeating an objection he must often have heard from Jewish adversaries (cp: Romans 3:8 ), and suggested here by Romans 5:20 -'Do...
Romans 6:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mortal. — And therefore at variance with the immortal life just described.
Romans 6:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 14 JUSTIFICATION AND HOLINESS Romans 6:1-13 IN a certain sense, St. Paul has done now with the exposition of Justification. He has brought us on, from his denunciation of human sin, an...
Romans 6:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Sin Shall not Have Dominion” Romans 6:12-23 Standing with Christ on the resurrection side of death, we must present our whole being to God for His use. We have left forever behind, nailed to t...
Romans 6:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle declared, "We died to sin," that is, we were set free from our relationship to sin. On that basis he asked his question, How can we live in that to which we have died? Taking baptism as a...
Romans 6:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. (13) Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto...
Romans 6:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
Romans 6:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Ver. 12. Let not sin therefore ] As if the apostle should say, we preach purity and not liberty, as t...
Romans 6:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let not sin Any sinful disposition or inclination; therefore Since you are regenerate and spiritually alive; reign in your mortal body That is, reign in your soul while it dwells in your body....
Romans 6:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A Change of Masters With the headship of Christ established for the believer - a headship which has to do with new life in contrast to the old life inherited from Adam, and grace reigning where si...
Romans 6:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

On Sanctification. A. D. 58. 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace ma...
Romans 6:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let not sin therefore: q.d. Seeing this is the case, that you are dead to sin, baptized into Christ, are planted together into the likeness of his death, &c., therefore the rather hearken to an...
Romans 6:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Reigning In Life Through Christ By Dying With Christ, And Rising With Him (6:1-14). The question is asked in Romans 6:1 , ‘What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?...
Romans 6:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 6:12 .—Sin works bodily desires as the utterances of itself, obedience to which gives it its domain in the body (Wordsworth). Sin personified as a sort of rival sovereign or...
Romans 6:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

sin Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
Romans 6:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 6:11-14 On Realising the Ideal. I. What is the theory of the Christian's condition? As just explained by the Apostle, it is this: The Christian is a man who, like his Master, is already de...
Romans 6:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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?»...
Romans 6:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 6:1 . Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? The apostle having said, that as sin had abounded by the entrance of the law, so grace had much more abounded by the proclamation of t...
Romans 6:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus. Death a duty The Bible speaks of three kinds of deaths. 1. That which is a necessary event--t...
Romans 6:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 8:1-45 (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 gos...
Romans 6:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal body that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Romans 6:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:53 ; 1 Corinthians 15:54 ; 1 John 2:15-17 ; 1 Peter 1:14 ; 1 Peter 2:11 ; 1 Peter 4:2 ; 1 Peter 4:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:5 ; 2 Corinthians 4:11 ; 2 Corinthians 5:4 ; 2 Timo...
Romans 6:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Shall We Continue in Sin? Romans 6:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Grace never gives a margin to sin. There are some who go so far as to use "salvation by Grace" as an excuse for laxity in their moral...
Romans 6:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

Romans 6:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 6:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 6:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 6:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 6:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 6:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 6:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 6:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 6:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 6:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 6:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 6:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 6:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 6:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 6:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 6:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 6:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 6:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 6:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 6:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 6:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 6:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 6:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

Romans 6:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 6:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 6:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 6:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 6:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 6:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 6:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 6:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Romans 6:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes