Romans 6:14

"Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God."

Key Reflection

In Romans 6:14, Paul challenges his Corinthian readers to view their lives in a new light through Christ's resurrection. For first-century believers, this meant moving beyond the old ways of slavery and sin, now freed as “alive from the dead.” Rather than presenting their bodies as tools for unrighteousness—akin to slaves bound by law—they are to present themselves and all their parts as instruments of righteousness, reflecting a new covenant where they serve God wholeheartedly.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 14. For sin, etc. The propensity or inclination to sin. Shall not have dominion. Shall not reign, Ro 5:14; 6:6. This implies that sin ought not to have this dominion; and it also expresses the conviction of the apostle that it would not have this rule over Christians. For we are not under the law. We who are Christians are not subject to that law where sin is excited, and where it rages unsubdued. But it may be asked here, what is meant by this declaration? Does it mean that Christians are absolved from all the obligations of the law? I answer, (1.) The apostle does not affirm that Christians are not bound to obey the moral law.

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