Romans 6:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 6:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 6:15 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 6:15 — KJV
“What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”
— Romans 6:15 (KJV)
Romans 6:15 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 6:15
“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. lust: or, concupiscence”
Shares key themes with Romans 6:15: then, sin, law
“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Shares key themes with Romans 6:15: then, sin, because
“And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;”
Shares key themes with Romans 6:15: sin, under, law
“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.”
Shares key themes with Romans 6:15: then, because, under
“Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.”
Shares key themes with Romans 6:15: then, because, under
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