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Romans 6 · a question people ask

"Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" (6:1). If grace abounds, why not?

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The letter asks the question itself, and answers it: "May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?" (6:2). It asks again at 6:15, "Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?", and gives the same answer: "May it never be!" (6:15). Then it goes on, "Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?" (6:16). These notes say no more about the question than the letter's own answers do.

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“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?”
Romans 6:1-2 · World English Bible
“What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?”
Romans 6:15-16 · World English Bible

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Romans 6: 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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Last reviewed October 7, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Every answer cites the verses it rests on. What we believe · All Bible questions