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Forγὰρsinἁμαρτίαwill notοὐbe master overκυριεύσειyou,ὑμῶνforγάρyou areἐστεnotοὐunderὑπὸlawνόμονbutἀλλὰunderὑπὸgrace.χάριν
Romans 6:14
Study it in the app“For sin will not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”
Count yourselves dead to sin and alive to God: sin will no longer ruleTemptation
With the Greek beneath
Romans 6:14, word by word
- sinἁμαρτίαhamartia
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartia” appears- be master overκυριεύσειkyrieusei
rule over, be lord
Be lord over, rule, have power over.
Where else “kyrieusei” appears- you areἐστεeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- lawνόμονnomon
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomon” appears- graceχάρινcharin
grace
A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
Where else “charin” appears
The context
13and do not present your members as weapons of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness to God.
14 · This verse (above)
15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
To study Romans 6 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say is the pay of sin and the gift of God? (v. 23)
2. What it means
Paul asks whether we should continue in sin so that grace may increase, and answers no (vv. 1-2). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to offer ourselves to God (v. 13). What concrete step could you take this week to live by what you value?