Romans 6:1

King James Version (KJV)

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Translations

Romans 6:1 - Amplified Bible

WHAT SHALL we say [to all this]? Are we to remain in sin in order that God's grace (favor and mercy) may multiply {and} overflow?

Romans 6:1 - American Standard Version

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Romans 6:1 - Bible in Basic English

What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?

Romans 6:1 - Darby Bible

What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound?

Romans 6:1 - English Standard Version

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?

Romans 6:1 - King James Version

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Romans 6:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

¿Qué diremos, entonces? ¿Continuaremos en pecado para que la gracia abunde?

Romans 6:1 - The Message

So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I should hope not! If we’ve left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there? Or didn’t you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace—a new life in a new land!

Romans 6:1 - New American Standard Bible

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

Romans 6:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

¿Qué diremos, entonces? ¿Continuaremos en pecado para que la gracia abunde?

Romans 6:1 - World English Bible

What will we say then? Will we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Romans 6:1 - Young's Living Translation

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound?

Romans 6:1 - Additional Comments

After clarifying the doctrine of justification by grace, Paul now presses the necessity of sanctification and living a holy life.
Theologically, this belief is know as "Antinomianism", i.e. the doctrine that Christians are exempt from the obligations of moral law. This teaches that, as good works do not promote salvation, so neither do evil works hinder it; and, as all Christians are necessarily sanctified by their very vocation and profession, so as justified Christians, they are incapable of losing their spiritual holiness, justification, and final salvation by any act of disobedience to, or even by any direct violation of the law of God. This passage (verses 1-4) clearly states that even though we are justified, we are not to continue in sin. Also, James says faith without works is a dead faith (James 2:17).

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