Romanos 6:15

Escravos da Justiça

15 E então? Vamos pecar porque não estamos debaixo da Lei, mas debaixo da graça? De maneira nenhuma!

Romanos 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 6:15

What then? shall we sin
Does it follow from hence, that therefore we may sin, and go on and continue in it,

because we are not under the law, but under grace?
here the apostle meets with an objection of the adversary, saying, that if men are not under the law, and are free from all obligation to it, then they may live as they list; nor can they be chargeable with sin, or that be objected to them; since where there is no law, there is no transgression, and sin is not imputed where there is no law; and if they are under grace, or in the love and favour of God, from which there is no separation, then they cannot be damned, do what they will: but this objection proceeds upon a mistaken sense of the phrase, "under the law"; for believers, though they are not under the law as the ministry of Moses, yet they are under it, as it is in the hands of Christ; and though not under its curse, yet under obligation to obedience to it, from principles of love and grace; and a transgression of it is sin in them, as in others; and which is taken notice of by God, and visited with stripes in a: fatherly way, though his loving kindness is not removed: and to argue from the unchangeableness of God's grace, or the doctrines of it, as encouraging licentiousness, is greatly to abuse the grace of God, and manifestly betrays such persons to be ignorant of it and its influence; since nothing more powerfully engages to a love of holiness, and hatred of sin; wherefore the apostle, answers to this objection in his usual way,

God forbid;
signifying his abhorrence of everything of this kind.

Romanos 6:15 In-Context

13 Não ofereçam os membros do corpo de vocês ao pecado, como instrumentos de injustiça; antes ofereçam-se a Deus como quem voltou da morte para a vida; e ofereçam os membros do corpo de vocês a ele, como instrumentos de justiça.

14 Pois o pecado não os dominará, porque vocês não estão debaixo da Lei, mas debaixo da graça.

15 E então? Vamos pecar porque não estamos debaixo da Lei, mas debaixo da graça? De maneira nenhuma!

16 Não sabem que, quando vocês se oferecem a alguém para lhe obedecer como escravos, tornam-se escravos daquele a quem obedecem: escravos do pecado que leva à morte, ou da obediência que leva à justiça?

17 Mas, graças a Deus, porque, embora vocês tenham sido escravos do pecado, passaram a obedecer de coração à forma de ensino que lhes foi transmitida.