“ Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. ”
“Being then made free from sin.” That is, as a master. You are not under its dominion; you are no longer its slaves. They were made free, as a servant is who is set at liberty, and who is, therefor...
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...
Being... free = Having, then, been set free. Greek. eleutheroo. Only here, Romans 6:22 ; Romans 8:2 ; Romans 8:21 . Joh 8:32, John 8:36 ; Galatians 1:5 ; Galatians 1:1 . became the serv...
18. And having been made free from sin, etc. The meaning is, “It is unreasonable that any one, after having been made free, should continue in a state of bondage; for he ought to maintain...
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Being then made free from sin - Ελευθερωθεντες is a term that refers to the manumission of a slave. They were redeemed from the...
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Being then - it should be, 'And being;' for we have here but the continuation and conclusion of the preceding sentence-...
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...
(15-23) Free forgiveness! What does that mean? Freedom to sin? Far from it. That were to return into the old slavery. To yield to sin is to be the servant or slave of sin with its consequence — dea...
Chapter 15 JUSTIFICATION AND HOLINESS: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HUMAN LIFE Romans 6:14-23 - Romans 7:1-6 AT the point we have now reached, the Apostle's thought pauses for a moment, to resume. He...
“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...
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...
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (19) I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to un...
Being then made free from sin ,.... Not from a sinful nature; nor from a corrupt heart; nor from vain thoughts; nor from sinful words; nor from sinful actions altogether; but from the damning power...
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Ver. 18. Versus est planus, saith Pareus.
What then are we to infer? Shall we sin Go on in our transgressions; because we are not under the law Under the law of Moses, or any mere legal dispensation which forbids sin, but gives no stre...
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...
On Sanctification. A. D. 58. 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace ma...
Made free from sin; i.e. the servitude of sin; having received a manumission from that hard and evil master, you have given tap yourselves to a better and more ingenuous service.
Christians Have Been Freed From The Tyranny Of Sin By Dying With Christ And Rising With Him And Are Therefore To Triumphantly Seize The Opportunity Of Being So Freed From Sin (6:1-23). Having ende...
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...
sin Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
Romans 6:15-23 Bondmen of Righteousness. I. St. Paul's manner of thinking is frequently hard to follow. One peculiarity which contributes to make it a difficult exercise to track his reasoning is...
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 6:1 . 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...
Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey. The service of sin and the service of righteousness I. The criterion of both--obedience. A disobedient servant is a contradiction...
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...
The Service of Righteousness. The impelling power of this service:
1 Corinthians 7:21 ; 1 Corinthians 7:22 ; 1 Peter 2:16 ; Galatians 5:1 ; Isaiah 26:13 ; Isaiah 54:17 ; John 8:32 ; John 8:36 ; Luke 1:74 ; Luke 1:75 ; Psalms 116:16 ; Psalms 119:32 ; Psa...
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...
Being then set free from sin — We may see the apostles method thus far at one view: — 1. Bondage to sin Romans 3:9 . 2. The knowledge of sin by the law; a sense of God's wrath; inward death Ro...