Romans 6:15
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What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
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What then? . . . Know ye not--it is a dictate of common sense.
Open source ↗The apostle having at large asserted, opened, and proved, the great doctrine of justification by faith, for fear lest any should suck poison out of that sweet flower, and turn that grace of God into wantonness and licentiousness, he, with a like zeal, copiousness of expression, and cogency of argument, presses the absolute necessity of sanctification and a holy life, as the inseparable fruit and companion of justification; for, wherever Jesus Christ is made of God unto any soul righteousness, he is made of God unto that soul sanctification, Co1 1:30. The water and the blood came streaming together out of the pierced side of the dying Jesus. And what God hath thus joined together let not us dare to put asunder.
Open source ↗6:15 set us free from the law: The law of Moses was the governing power of the old covenant era. Believers now live under the governing power of Christ himself.
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Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.