How Shall the Dead to Sin Live Therein? Romans 6:2

Paul the apostle shared with the people in Rome, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?, and in chapter six and verse two of Romans, Paul questioned, “how shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” where we read:

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

The verse begins, “God forbid. ” Paul began with the words, “God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit “forbid” which means “certainly and absolutely not”. Paul emphatically stated there should be no way for a person to think they could “sin” so “grace” would “abound”.

The verse goes on to say, “How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” Paul continued with the words, “how shall we” which means “in what way shall Paul, his companions and his believing readers” “that are dead” or “who are slain and perished” “to sin” which means “to missing the mark, error and being mistaken”, “live any longer” or “be active, blessed and worthy to any degree and increase” “therein” which means “within them”. Paul questioned in what way could people who had “died” to “sinful ways” continue to “live” in them.

When we consider these words of Paul, we see how strongly he stood against “continuing in sin” just so “God's grace” would “abound”. In no way was he condoning “sinful” behavior even though those who believe in Jesus are not under “the law of God” but under His “grace”. His rhetorical question was how people who are “dead” to “sinful ways” could keep on committing them. Jesus Christ came not only to “save” people from their “sins” but also to “cleanse” them from “error and wrong”.

Next time Paul asks the people in Rome if they knew about those who, “were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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