Romans 6:2
“God forbid: how shall wee that are dead to sinne, liue any longer therein?”
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Romans 6:2 Context
1What shall we say then? shall wee continue in sinne: that grace may abound? 2God forbid: how shall wee that are dead to sinne, liue any longer therein? 3Know ye not, that so many of vs as were baptized into Iesus Christ, were baptized into his death? 4Therefore wee are buryed with him by baptisme into death, that like as Christ was raised vp from the dead by the glorie of the Father: euen so wee also should walke in newnesse of life.
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Other Translations
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
- King James Version
May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
- American Standard Version (1901)
In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
- Basic English Bible
Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?
- Darby Bible
By no means: how shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
- Webster's Bible
No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?
- Weymouth Bible
May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
- World English Bible
God forbede. For hou schulen we that ben deed to synne, lyue yit ther ynne?
- Wycliffe Bible
let it not be! we who died to the sin -- how shall we still live in it?
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version
May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
- American Standard Version (1901)
In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
- Basic English Bible
Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?
- Darby Bible
By no means: how shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
- Webster's Bible
No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?
- Weymouth Bible
May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
- World English Bible
God forbede. For hou schulen we that ben deed to synne, lyue yit ther ynne?
- Wycliffe Bible
let it not be! we who died to the sin -- how shall we still live in it?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Romans 6:2
6:2 Dead to sin - Freed both from the guilt and from the power of it.
People's Bible Notes for Romans 6:2
Ro 6:2 God forbid. "By no means", as in the Revised Version. The answer is emphatic. The thought is abhorrent, and the thing impossible from the very nature of the Christian life. The Christian life begins with a death to sin. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer in it? The Revised Version says, "Who died to sin". That is correct. The Greek verb "apothnesko" is in the past tense. A fact is referred to that occurred in the past. Death is a separation. When we severed our relation with sin, we died to it. If we have cut loose from it, how can we continue in it?