Romans 7:1 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? Truth to Learn Christians are in a marriage relationship with Jesus Christ. Behind the Words The word translated “brethren” is...
Romans 6:23 – The Free Gift
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Truth to Learn God offers all of us a free gift of inestimable value. Behind the Words The Greek word translated “wages” is opsonia, which is the plural...
Romans 6:22 – Set-apart to Him
Romans 6:22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. Truth to Learn God has set Christians apart and has given them eternal life. Behind the Words Throughout this chapter Paul has been...
Romans 6:21 – Grace for Shame
Romans 6:21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. Truth to Learn Our sinfulness separates us from fellowship with God. Behind the Words The word translated “fruit” is karpos, which can refer to the...
Romans 6:20 – Our Old Master
Romans 6:20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Truth to Learn Before we were saved we could not pursue righteousness. Behind the Words The word translated “free” is the Greek word eleutheros. We looked at the verb form of this word in...
Romans 6:19 – Seeking Holiness
Romans 6:19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. Truth to Learn We should stop giving...
Romans 6:18 – Slaves of Righteousness
Romans 6:18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. Truth to Learn When we were saved we were released as a slave to sin. At the same time, we became the slaves to righteousness. Behind the Words “Having been set free” is translated from the...
Romans 6:17 – Getting Into Shape
Romans 6:17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. Truth to Learn We are molded into Christ’s shape by Biblical teaching. Behind the Words The words “be thanked” are translated from...
Romans 6:16 – Obedience by Submission
Romans 6:16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? Truth to Learn We all obey whatever master we submit ourselves to. Behind the Words...
Romans 6:15 – Grateful Willing Restraint
Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Truth to Learn Just because our sins are all forgiven doesn’t mean we should let our sin nature run wild. Behind the Words The expression “What then?” is from two Greek words,...
Romans 6:14 – Freed by Grace
Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. Truth to Learn Christians do not have sin ruling over them. Behind the Words The phrase “shall not have dominion over” is the translation of the Greek word kurieuō, which we...
Romans 6:13 – Stand Beside God
Romans 6:13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Truth to Learn We have a choice to use bodies as weapons of unrighteousness or as...
Romans 6:12 – Who’s Your Ruler?
Romans 6:12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. Truth to Learn Don’t let sin take control of your life. Behind the Words “Reign” is a word we looked at in the final verse of the previous chapter of...
Romans 6:11 – What’s Your Choice?
Romans 6:11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Truth to Learn We don’t have to live in sin. We can choose to live to God. Behind the Words “Likewise” is from the Greek word houtōs which...
Romans 6:10 – Identity Crisis?
Romans 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Truth to Learn We have identified ourselves with Jesus Christ in His death to sin. We should also identify ourselves with Him in living for...
Romans 6:9 – No Separation, Ever!
Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. Truth to Learn Jesus Christ can never die again! Behind the Words “Knowing” is translated from the Greek word eidō, which can mean either “to see or perceive” or...
Romans 6:8 – Eternal Living with Christ
Romans 6:8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, Truth to Learn We are currently living an eternal life with Christ. Behind the Words The word translated “believe” is pisteuō, which means “to believe” or “to have faith.” It is not simply...
Romans 6:7 – Freed by Death
Romans 6:7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. Truth to Learn The death of our sin nature freed us from the bondage of sin. Behind the Words The word translated “slaves” in the previous verse is the Greek word douleuō, which is the verb form of...
Romans 6:6 – A Servant’s Choice
Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Truth to Learn We are no longer slaves to sin. We don’t have to submit to it. Behind the...
Romans 6:5 – My Fellow Sprouts
Romans 6:5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, Truth to Learn Christian actions should bear a resemblance to Jesus Christ. Behind the Words The word translated “united together” is an interesting word....
Romans 6:4 – Raised to New Life
Romans 6:4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Truth to Learn Because of Christ’s resurrection we should live differently. Behind the...
Romans 6:3 – Baptized to Death
Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Truth to Learn We don’t have to let sin control us. We can have the victory! Behind the Words The word “baptized” is translated from baptidzo. It’s...
Romans 6:2 – Sin? No Way!
Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Truth to Learn Our lives should no longer be characterized by sinfulness. Behind the Words “Certainly not!” is a familiar expression with Paul. It is translated from the Greek words mē genoito. Mē is...
Romans 6:1 – Don’t Stay in Sin
Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Truth to Learn Salvation does not mean we have a free pass to sin all we want. Behind the Words The expression “What shall we say then?” is called a debater’s phrase. This is...
Romans 5:21 – Eternal – Death or Life
Romans 5:21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Truth to Learn Even though we were ruled over by sin in the past, God’s grace will reign over us because of the righteousness that He...
Romans 5:20 – More Than Plenty
Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, Truth to Learn God’s grace easily covers the glaring presence of our sin. Behind the Words The word translated “entered” is the Greek word pareiserchomai. This is a double compound word...
Romans 5:18, 19 – Summing it Up
Romans 5:18, 19 Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one...
Romans 5:17 – A Reigning Gift
Romans 5:17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) Truth to Learn We will reign with Christ because of what He has...
Romans 5:16 – One for the Many
Romans 5:16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. Truth to Learn God’s free gift of righteousness takes care of...
Romans 5:15 – More Than Enough
Romans 5:15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. Truth to Learn God’s free gift of grace is...
Romans 5:14 – Sin on the Throne
Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. Truth to Learn Even those who lived before the Law were sinners and suffered death...