For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Ver. 14. Sin shall not have dominion] Rebel it may, but reign it shall not in any saint. It fareth with sin in the regenerate, as with those beasts, Daniel 7:12; they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
Ye are not under the law] i.e. Under the rigour, irritation, curse of the law, Quatenus est virtue peccati. Or, "ye are not under the law," sc. of sin, as Romans 7:23; Romans 7:25 .