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Romans 6 Bible study: Alive to God

Romans 6 asks its own question, "Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" (6:1), and answers, "May it never be!" (6:2). It says of Christ, "Death no longer has dominion over him!" (6:9), and "he died to sin one time" (6:10). And it sets wages beside a gift: "the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (6:23).

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“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 6:23 · World English Bible

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“Romans 6:1's question uses the word "abound", which Romans 5:20 used just before.”

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That grace may abound

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The chapter opens with the letter asking itself a question: "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" (6:1) (tap sin, continue, abound). It follows straight on from the last verses of chapter 5: "The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly, that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (5:20-21). The answer comes at once: "May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?" (6:2). Favor's introduction to Romans, under What shall we say then?, gives the ten verses of the letter where "May it never be!" stands; this chapter has two of them (6:2, 6:15).

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The Greek word behind it

ἁμαρτίαhamartiasay ham-ar-TEE-ah

Strong's: "a sin (properly abstract)". "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" (6:1). This chapter has the noun 16 times, from 6:1 to its last verse, "For the wages of sin is death" (6:23); Romans has it 48 times (both counted in RP2018). One sin in this chapter is another word: in "Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?" (6:15), sin is the verb, hamartano (G264). Favor's John 8 studies the noun too.

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Romans 6 Bible study questions

  1. 1"Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? May it never be!" (6:1-2). Why do you think people sometimes hear grace as a reason not to change?
  2. 2"present yourselves to God as alive from the dead" (6:13). What would it look like this week to present something of yours to God?
  3. 3"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (6:23). What difference does it make to you that eternal life is called a free gift, not wages?

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Last reviewed October 7, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Hebrew and Greek words are checked against the original-language texts and public-domain lexicons. What we believe · Favor home