Book Epistle to the Romans Order in the Bible part 6 | Bible part New Testament Category Pauline epistles | |
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Romans 6 is the sixth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle, but written by an amanuensis, Tertius of Iconium, while Paul was in Corinth, in winter of AD 57-58. Paul wrote to the Roman Christians in order to give them a substantial resume of his theology. In chapter 6, it is shown that the Christian, in baptism, dies to sin.
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The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:
The Bearing of Justification by Grace upon a Holy Life
From the beginning of this chapter, Paul addresses the 'plausible objection' that Christians should "continue in sin, that grace may abound" (Romans 6:1). In Romans 3:8, Paul had referred to slanderous reports to the effect that believers taught "Let us do evil that good may come". Similar indications can be found in Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 2:16 and Jude 4.
Paul replies that believers should "certainly not (Greek: μη γενοιτο, mē genoito) continue in sin, that grace may abound" (Romans 6:2). The phrase μη γενοιτο is regularly used by Paul - it is used 10 times in this epistle as well as in his other writings. The Pulpit Commentary describes the phrase as "Paul's usual way of rejecting an idea indignantly". The phrase has been translated in various forms:
Verse 4
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Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.Verse 23
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For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.