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Romans 6:15-18 KJV
Romans · chapter 6 · verses 15–18
15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.Romans 6:15-18 · King James Version
Romans 6:15-18 in context
13Neither 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.
14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Commentary
Cross references
- Titus 2:11-14
- Ephesians 2:8-10
- John 8:34
- 2 Peter 2:19
- Matthew 6:24
- Joshua 24:15
- Romans 6:12-13
- Romans 6:19-23
- Romans 6:17
- 1 Peter 2:9
- Romans 6:22
- Galatians 5:1
Key words (Strong's)
- yourselvesheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- doctrinedidachēteaching, that which is taught, doctrine, teaching, concerning something, the act of…G1322 →
- servantsdouloōto make a slave of, reduce to bondage, metaph. give myself wholly to one s needs and…G1402 →
- forbidmēno, not lestG3361 →
- gracecharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- yieldparistēmito place beside or near, to set at hand, to present, to proffer, to provide, to place a…G3936 →
- deaththanatosthe death of the body, that separation of the soul and the body by which the life on…G2288 →
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The apostle's transition, which joins this discourse with the former, is observable: "What shall we say then? Rom 6:1. What use shall we make of this sweet and comfortable doctrine? Shall we do evil that good may come, as some say we do? Rom 3:8.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23