All Scripture quotations are from the NKJV. The commentaries are
from The Complete Biblical Library (NT), 1986, Springfield, Missouri.
6:14 ● “For sin shall not have dominion over you,
for you are not under law but under grace.”
“When man fell, he came under the mastery of sin.
Christ came to deliver us from sin. He provided grace to conquer sin.
The work has been done for us, but we must yield ourselves
to the divine will for it to be operative within us.
When the believer obeys the instructions of this passage (6:14)
relative to adjustment to the evil nature and the divine nature,
this verse promises, ‘Sin need never again be your master,
for now you are no longer tied to the law where sin enslaves you,
but you are free under God’s favor and mercy’ (Living Bible).”
6:15 ● “What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law
but under grace? Certainly not!”
“It is totally false to believe that it is of no consequence
whether or not Christians sin. Such doctrine is promoted by
‘no-Law’ people otherwise known as antinomians. True, the Law
was uncompromising, but grace while forgiving is never lenient.
To be free form the Law does not mean one can sin with freedom
from punishment. Being under grace must not be taken as liberty
or license to sin. The grace of God is not in the heart of a man
who looks upon grace as a loophole to sin. Those who continue
to sin are the slaves of sin (John 8:34).”
6:16 ● “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves
to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin
leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?”
“By nature we were born slaves – slaves to sin and Satan.
The believer is a former slave of Satan, delivered by the power of God.
Being identified with Christ he becomes bound to Him as his new Master.
Obedience is a key word along with yielding. We choose to whom we
yield and whom we obey. The choice is between ‘sin unto death’
or ‘obedience unto righteousness’.” Note that this is addressed to believers.
They are warned that sin leads to death. This is not speaking of physical
death, for all will die physically, saints included. It is eternal death of
‘everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord’ (2 Thes.1:9).”
6:18 ● “And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.”
“Believers are set free from the bondage of sin and Satan.
But they are freed to a new slavery, to become slaves of righteousness.
… Freed from the slavery of sin, the believer has a glorious freedom
enjoying a higher slavery, a slave to God … The Christian must be a slave
to Christ with disregard for his personal desires, but he is guaranteed eternal joy.”
6:19-20 ● “… so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.”
“These verses show clearly that the believer still is faced with
the decision of whether to yield his members to sin and uncleanness
or to yield his members to righteousness unto holiness. Paul had already
warned them of the possibility of losing their lives in Christ,
if they chose to yield themselves to sin (verse 16).”
6:21 ● “What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed?
For the end of those things is death.”
“Believers are ashamed of their past sins; this leads to a horror of any
new occurrence of sin. ‘Death’, which is the end of such sins, includes the
second death (Revelation 20:14).”
6:22 ● “But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God,
you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.”
“… slaves to God have ‘fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.’
… the ‘double’ aspect of holiness. We are sanctified by Christ (1 Cor 1:30).
Then we are commanded to ‘cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God’ (2 Cor 7:1).”
6:23 ● “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
“Sin pays wages and the pay is death. In contrast to the horrible wages of sin,
there is the gift of ‘eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord’.”
The latter is given to true believers who endure until death in faith, trust, obedience!
from The Complete Biblical Library (NT), 1986, Springfield, Missouri.
6:14 ● “For sin shall not have dominion over you,
for you are not under law but under grace.”
“When man fell, he came under the mastery of sin.
Christ came to deliver us from sin. He provided grace to conquer sin.
The work has been done for us, but we must yield ourselves
to the divine will for it to be operative within us.
When the believer obeys the instructions of this passage (6:14)
relative to adjustment to the evil nature and the divine nature,
this verse promises, ‘Sin need never again be your master,
for now you are no longer tied to the law where sin enslaves you,
but you are free under God’s favor and mercy’ (Living Bible).”
6:15 ● “What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law
but under grace? Certainly not!”
“It is totally false to believe that it is of no consequence
whether or not Christians sin. Such doctrine is promoted by
‘no-Law’ people otherwise known as antinomians. True, the Law
was uncompromising, but grace while forgiving is never lenient.
To be free form the Law does not mean one can sin with freedom
from punishment. Being under grace must not be taken as liberty
or license to sin. The grace of God is not in the heart of a man
who looks upon grace as a loophole to sin. Those who continue
to sin are the slaves of sin (John 8:34).”
6:16 ● “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves
to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin
leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?”
“By nature we were born slaves – slaves to sin and Satan.
The believer is a former slave of Satan, delivered by the power of God.
Being identified with Christ he becomes bound to Him as his new Master.
Obedience is a key word along with yielding. We choose to whom we
yield and whom we obey. The choice is between ‘sin unto death’
or ‘obedience unto righteousness’.” Note that this is addressed to believers.
They are warned that sin leads to death. This is not speaking of physical
death, for all will die physically, saints included. It is eternal death of
‘everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord’ (2 Thes.1:9).”
6:18 ● “And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.”
“Believers are set free from the bondage of sin and Satan.
But they are freed to a new slavery, to become slaves of righteousness.
… Freed from the slavery of sin, the believer has a glorious freedom
enjoying a higher slavery, a slave to God … The Christian must be a slave
to Christ with disregard for his personal desires, but he is guaranteed eternal joy.”
6:19-20 ● “… so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.”
“These verses show clearly that the believer still is faced with
the decision of whether to yield his members to sin and uncleanness
or to yield his members to righteousness unto holiness. Paul had already
warned them of the possibility of losing their lives in Christ,
if they chose to yield themselves to sin (verse 16).”
6:21 ● “What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed?
For the end of those things is death.”
“Believers are ashamed of their past sins; this leads to a horror of any
new occurrence of sin. ‘Death’, which is the end of such sins, includes the
second death (Revelation 20:14).”
6:22 ● “But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God,
you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.”
“… slaves to God have ‘fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.’
… the ‘double’ aspect of holiness. We are sanctified by Christ (1 Cor 1:30).
Then we are commanded to ‘cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God’ (2 Cor 7:1).”
6:23 ● “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
“Sin pays wages and the pay is death. In contrast to the horrible wages of sin,
there is the gift of ‘eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord’.”
The latter is given to true believers who endure until death in faith, trust, obedience!
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