Bible Commentary

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 14. For sin, &c.] It is not quite clear whether this verse closes or opens a paragraph. Meyer takes it as opening the new section of argument. But it is quite in place as closing the previous … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:14”

Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God. 13. your members ] your limbs; the bodily organs and their constitution. The words thus = “your body,” (see Rom 12:1,) only … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:13”

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 12. Let not sin therefore reign ] Here begins the direct moral appeal to the will. This till now has been either withheld, (while the Divine motive was being explained,) or made only indirectly, as in Rom … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:12”

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 11. Likewise ] Here is the strict result of the truth just stated, when the position of Christ as the Second Adam is remembered. What He did and does, as such, was done and is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:11”

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 10. in that he died ] Lit. that which He died; His dying, in all that it involved. So below, that which He liveth. unto sin ] i.e., as the previous argument shewed, “with reference to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:10”

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 9. knowing ] As an admitted foundation-truth. Christian faith is always viewed as grounded upon knowledge, upon fact. dieth no more ] His life is continuous and endless; such then also is that of those to whom … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:9”

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 8. Now, &c.] This ver. and Rom 6:9-11 carry on, in a brief paragraph, the truth just stated, with special reference to the permanence and power of the Lord’s resurrection-life, which is the pledge of the Christian’s “new life.” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:8”

For he that is dead is freed from sin. 7. For he that is dead, &c.] Better, with a slight paraphrase, for he who has once died to sin now stands free from its claim. The legal claim of sin is meant here, not its moral dominion, for the Gr. word rendered “freed” in E. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:7”

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him,] that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 6. knowing this ] Not precisely = “for we know this;” but more fully, “ as those who know this.” This knowledge is to be a working motive in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:6”

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection: 5. if ] i.e. “ as; ” an assumed fact planted together ] Better (with regard to the form of the Gr. word), vitally connected. Not implanting but coalescence is the idea. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 6:5”