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 the adversary suggesteth, Romans 6:1; cf. Romans 3:8. Let not sin reign; rebel it will; but do not actively obey and embrace the commands of sin, as subjects to your king. Let sin be dejected from its regency, though not utterly ejected from its residency. Give it such a deadly wound that it may be sure to die within a year and a day. Sprunt it may, and flutter as a bird when the neck is broken, but live it must not.