Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
What follows, then? Are we to sin because we are living under the reign of Love and not of Law? Heaven forbid!
New American Standard Bible
What then?
King James Version
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Holman Bible
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace?
International Standard Version
What, then, does this mean? Should we go on sinning because we are not under Law but under grace? Of course not!
A Conservative Version
What then? May we sin, because we are not under law but under grace? May it not happen!
American Standard Version
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
Amplified
What then [are we to conclude]? Shall we sin because we are not under Law, but under [God’s] grace? Certainly not!
An Understandable Version
[So], what then? Should we sin because we are not governed by law but by God's unearned favor? Certainly not!
Anderson New Testament
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It can not be.
Bible in Basic English
What then? are we to go on in sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be so.
Common New Testament
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
Daniel Mace New Testament
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under the gospel?
Darby Translation
What then? should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Far be the thought.
Godbey New Testament
What then? can we commit sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? it could not be so.
Goodspeed New Testament
What follows, then? Are we to sin, because we live not under law but under mercy? Certainly not!
John Wesley New Testament
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Julia Smith Translation
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace It may not be.
King James 2000
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Lexham Expanded Bible
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
Modern King James verseion
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under Law, but under grace? Let it not be!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law: but under grace? God forbid.
Moffatt New Testament
What follows, then? Are we 'to sin, because we live under grace, not under law'? Never!
Montgomery New Testament
What then? Shall we commit an act of sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not.
NET Bible
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!
New Heart English Bible
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be.
Noyes New Testament
What then? Are we to sin, because we are not under the Law, but under grace? God forbid!
Sawyer New Testament
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under the grace? By no means.
The Emphasized Bible
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under favour? Far be it!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Webster
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? By no means.
Weymouth New Testament
Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!
Williams New Testament
What are we to conclude? Are we to keep on sinning, because we are not living as slaves to law but as subjects to God's favor? Never!
World English Bible
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!
Worrell New Testament
What, then? May we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It could not be!
Worsley New Testament
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace?
Youngs Literal Translation
What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!
Themes
the Human nature of Christ » Was necessary to his mediatorial office
Topics
Interlinear
Hupo
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Hupo
Usage: 188
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 6:15
Prayers for Romans 6:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Set Free From Sin
14 For Sin shall not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of Law, but of Love. 15 What follows, then? Are we to sin because we are living under the reign of Love and not of Law? Heaven forbid! 16 Surely you know that, when you offer yourselves as servants, to obey any one, you are the servants of the person whom you obey, whether the service be that of Sin which leads to Death, or that of Duty which leads to Righteousness.
Cross References
Romans 6:1-2
What are we to say, then? Are we to continue to sin, in order that God's loving-kindness may be multiplied?
Romans 3:9
What follows, then? Are we Jews in any way superior to others? Not at all. Our indictment against both Jews and Greeks was that all alike were in subjection to sin.
1 Corinthians 9:20-21
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews. To those who are subject to Law I became like a man subject to Law-though I was not myself subject to Law-to win those who are subject to Law.
2 Corinthians 7:1
With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.
Galatians 2:17-18
If, while seeking to be pronounced righteous through union with Christ, we were ourselves seen to be outcasts, would that make Christ an agent of sin? Heaven forbid!
Ephesians 2:8-10
For it is by God's loving-kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God's.
Titus 2:11-14
For the loving-kindness of God has been revealed, bringing Salvation for all;
Jude 1:4
For there have crept in among you certain godless people, whose sentence has long since been pronounced, and who make the mercy of God an excuse for profligacy, and disown our only lord and master, Jesus Christ.