Romans 6:2

2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

Romans 6:2 in Other Translations

2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?

2 I should hope not! If we've left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there?

2 God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?

2 That's unthinkable! As far as sin is concerned, we have died. So how can we still live under sin's influence?

2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

2 Not at all! As far as sin is concerned, we are dead. So how can we keep on sinning?

Romans 6:2 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 6:2

God forbid
By which he expresses his abhorrence of such a practice, and that this was a consequence which did not follow from the premises, and was far enough from his thoughts, and which he had in the greatest detestation: and he further argues against it by asking,

how shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
There is a death for sin, a death in sin, and a death to sin; the latter is here mentioned, and persons may be said to be "dead to sin", both as justified and sanctified: justified persons are dead to sin, inasmuch as that is not imputed to them to condemnation and death; they are discharged from it; it cannot hurt them, or exert its damning power over them; it is crucified, abolished, and made an end of by Christ: sanctified persons are dead to sin; sin is not made their business, it is not their course of life; it is no longer a pleasure to them, but is loathsome and abominable; it is looked upon, not as a friend, but an enemy; it does not reign, it has not the dominion over them; it is subdued in them, and its power weakened; and as to the members of the flesh, and deeds of the body, it is mortified: to live in sin, is to live after the dictates of corrupt nature; and persons may be said to live in it, when they give up themselves to it, are bent upon it; when sin is their life, they delight in it, make it their work and business, and the whole course of their life is sinful: now those who are dead to sin, cannot thus live in it, though sin may live in them; they may fall into sin, and lie in it some time, yet they cannot live in it: living in sin, is not only unbecoming the grace of God revealed in the Gospel, but is contrary to it; it is detestable to gracious minds, yea, it seems impossible they should live in it; which is suggested by this question, "how shall we?" &c. The thing is impracticable: for, for a gracious soul to live in sin, would be to die again, to become dead in sin, which cannot be; he that lives and believes in Christ shall never die, spiritually or eternally.

Romans 6:2 In-Context

1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 6; ver 10,11; S ver 18; Romans 8:13; Colossians 3:3,5; 1 Peter 2:24