Parallel Verses

Worrell New Testament

What, then? May we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It could not be!

New American Standard Bible

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

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? Absolutely not!

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.

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!

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!

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!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

shall we sin
ἁμαρτάνω 
Hamartano 
Usage: 35

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

we are
ἐσμέν 
Esmen 
Usage: 50

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ὑπό 
Hupo 
ὑπό 
Hupo 
of, by, under, with, in, not tr,
of, by, under, with, in, not tr,
Usage: 188
Usage: 188

the law
νόμος 
Nomos 
law
Usage: 179

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

χάρις 
Charis 
Usage: 151

Devotionals

Devotionals about Romans 6:15

References

American

Law

Easton

Sin

Context Readings

Set Free From Sin

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under law, but under grace. 15 What, then? May we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It could not be! 16 Know ye not that to whom ye present yourselves as slaves for obedience, his slaves ye are whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness?

Cross References

Romans 6:1-2

What, then, shall we say? Shall we persist in sin, that grace may abound?

Romans 3:9

What, then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we before charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

1 Corinthians 9:20-21

And, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law, as under law (not being myself under law), that I might gain those under law;

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having, therefore, these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Galatians 2:17-18

But, if while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is, then, Christ a minister of sin? It could not be!

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace ye have been saved through faith: and this, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:

Titus 2:11-14

For the salvation-imparting grace of God appeared to all men,

Jude 1:4

For there crept in stealthily certain men, who of old were set forth for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the grace of our God into lasciviousness; and denying the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ.

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