God forbid . How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein ?
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
God forbid - By no means. Greek, It may not be; Note, Rom 3:4. The expression is a strong denial of what is implied in the objection in Rom 6:1. How shall we? ... - This contains a reason of the…
Adam Clarke
God forbid - Μη γενοιτο, Let it not be; by no means; far from it; let not such a thing be mentioned! - Any of these is the meaning of the Greek phrase, which is a strong expression of surprise and…
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
we, that are dead, &c. More lit. and fully, we, as those who died to sin. The reference is again to a single past act; the death of the Second Adam, at whichHis brethren too, regarded as "in Him,"…
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