For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
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Gill's Exposition
For sin shall not have dominion over you,.... It has dominion over God's people in a state of unregeneracy: and after conversion it is still in them, and has great power oftentimes to hinder that…
Barnes' Notes
For sin ... - The propensity or inclination to sin. Shall not have dominion - Shall not reign, Rom 5:12; Rom 6:6. This implies that sin ought not to have this dominion; and it also expresses the…
Adam Clarke
Sin shall not have dominion over you - God delivers you from it; and if you again become subject to it, it will be the effect of your own choice or negligence.
Ye are not under the law - That law…
The apostle's transition, which joins this discourse with the former, is observable: "What shall we say then? Rom 6:1. What use shall we make of this sweet and comfortable doctrine? Shall we do evil…
Cambridge Bible
For sin, &c. It is not quite clear whether this verse closes or opens a paragraph. Meyer takes it as opening the new section of argument. But it is quite in place as closing the previous one, while…
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