Romans 6:13

"Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts."

Key Reflection

Romans 6:13 exhorts believers to assert control over their lives by not allowing sin to dominate them and dictate their actions. This verse encourages a proactive stance against sin, emphasizing the importance of presenting one’s life as an act of worship to God, recognizing that true freedom comes from living according to righteousness rather than yielding to sinful desires.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 13. Neither yield ye your members. Do not give up, or devote, or employ your members, etc. The word members here refers to the members of the body--the hands, feet, tongue, etc. It is a specification of what in Ro 6:12 is included under the general term "body." See Ro 7:5,23; 1 Co 6:15; 12:12,18,20. As instruments. This word--(opla)--properly signifies arms, or implements of war; but it also denotes an instrument of any kind which we use for defence or aid. Here it means that we should not devote our members--our hands, tongue, etc. --as if under the direction of sinful passions and corrupt desires, to accomplish purposes of iniquity.

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