Died to sin (απεθανομεν τη αμαρτια). Second aorist active of αποθνησκω and the dative case. When we surrendered to Christ and took…

God forbid. By no means. Greek, It may not be. (See Barnes on Romans 3:4).

The expression is a strong denial of what is implied in …

That are dead.—Rather, that died. It is good to keep in mind Dr. Lightfoot’s remarks on the importance of keeping the str…

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

The grace of God makes us dead to sin. This is the grace of…

Paul begins his discussion by raising an objection and answering it—an objection that grows out of his presentation of justification, especially th…

By no means. To some, the Apostle seems to have only intended to indignantly rebuke such outrageous madness; but it appears from other pla…

God forbid
By which he expresses his abhorrence of such a practice, and that this was a consequence which did not fo…

The apostle is very thorough in stressing the necessity of holiness. He does not explain away the free grace of the gospel, but he shows that the c…

1. After showing that it is through Christ’s grace that we are freed from the sin of our first parent and from the sin that abounded because…