Rom 6:15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid. ASV

Rom 6:15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. KJV

Rom 6:15  What then? Shall we sin because we are not under Law, but under grace? Let it not be! LITV
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                           COMMENTARY

  This and the following verses settle the whole "grace\law" controversy. There is really nothing complicated about it at all. It may be reduced to 2 points;
1. The believer is not under the law. vs 14.
2. The believer is not to sin. whole chapter.

  The real problem arises from the fact that folks try to fit God’s doctrines into their understanding in nice neat little packages. This cannot be done, nor is it necessary to understand the things of God completely in order to live the Christian life. Can anyone understand the Trinity, or the Deity of Christ or His Atonement for all the sins of His people for all time? Yet this does not hinder us from living a life that is pleasing to God. As an illustration, consider a do-it-yourself piano kit. It consists of 300,000 parts & pieces that you must put together.  Directions are included. One does not need to understand why a certain piece or part goes together with another part. All you have to do is put the parts together according to the directions and you will end up, hopefully, with a piano. So too, in the Christian life we only need to know that we are no longer under the law, and will never be condemned by it and that we must avoid sin at all costs! Operate according to these directives and you will be on good ground, whether you understand them or not.

  Further, these vss blast to smithereens any false notion that a person can "believe on Jesus" and continue to live in sin and end up in heaven. To teach that is to deny this and other passages of Scripture that are most clear on the matter; e.g. Romans 8:1-15 and the book of 1 John. Rather, the true believer is called to a life of obedience unto righteousness and holiness and the end eternal life.

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