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Romans 6

Rom. 6:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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What
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
shalln we say
ereo (Greek #2046)
an alternate for 2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say
KJV usage: call, say, speak (of), tell.
Pronounce: er-eh'-o
Origin: probably a fuller form of 4483
then
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
? Shall we continue
epimeno (Greek #1961)
to stay over, i.e. remain (figuratively, persevere)
KJV usage: abide (in), continue (in), tarry.
Pronounce: ep-ee-men'-o
Origin: from 1909 and 3306
in sin
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
hamartia (Greek #266)
a sin (properly abstract)
KJV usage: offence, sin(-ful).
Pronounce: ham-ar-tee'-ah
Origin: from 264
, that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
grace
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
charis (Greek #5485)
graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
KJV usage: acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).
Pronounce: khar'-ece
Origin: from 5463
may abound
pleonazo (Greek #4121)
to do, make or be more, i.e. increase (transitively or intransitively); by extension, to superabound
KJV usage: abound, abundant, make to increase, have over.
Pronounce: pleh-on-ad'-zo
Origin: from 4119
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Rom. 3:8• 8and not, even as we are slanderously reported, and even as some give out that we say, “Let us do evil that good things may come?” whose judgment is just. (Rom. 3:8)

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Grace (Chen, χάρις),
Sin

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Ministry on This Verse

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1:  We may not live in sin;
2:  for we are dead unto it;
3-11:  as appears by our baptism.
12-17:  Let not sin reign any more;
18-22:  because we have yielded ourselves to the service of righteousness;
23:  and for that death is the wages of sin.
What.
Rom. 3:5• 5But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who inflicteth wrath? I speak according to man. (Rom. 3:5)
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Rom. 6:15• 15What then? Are we to sin, because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be. (Rom. 6:15)
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Rom. 2:4• 4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)
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Rom. 3:5‑8,31• 5But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who inflicteth wrath? I speak according to man.
 6Let it not be: since how shall God judge the world?
 7For if the truth of God abounded in my lie to his glory, why any longer am I too judged as a sinner?
 8and not, even as we are slanderously reported, and even as some give out that we say, “Let us do evil that good things may come?” whose judgment is just.
 31Do we then make void law through faith? Let it not be: nay, we establish law. (Rom. 3:5‑8,31)
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Rom. 5:20‑21• 20But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded
 21that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:20‑21)
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Gal. 5:13• 13For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)
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1 Peter 2:16• 16as free, and not having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen. (1 Peter 2:16)
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2 Peter 2:18‑19• 18For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error,
 19promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is worsted, by him is he also held in bondage. (2 Peter 2:18‑19)
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Jude 4• 4For certain men have crept in unawares. They, who before of old were ordained to this sentence, ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 4)
• The perversity of the flesh can find occasion for the sin which it loves, or at least to charge the doctrine with it. (“Romans 6” by J.N. Darby)
• To "continue in sin" is to continue to live in that sphere of things where the old master (sin) dominates all who live there. (“The Believer's Identification With the Death of Christ: Romans 6-7:1-6” by B. Anstey)
• R. Elliot remarked, "'Shall we continue in sin?' is not the same as if he said, 'Shall we continue sinning?' It is a wider thing than that. It means that sin is no longer the principle of our life or descriptive of our state" (“The Believer's Identification With the Death of Christ: Romans 6-7:1-6” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound?

W. Kelly Translation

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What then shall we say? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?