Addressing the antinomian objection that grace encourages sin, Paul employs baptismal theology to explain the believer's union with Christ in His death and resurrection, rendering the old man crucified and the body of sin destroyed. He exhorts believers to reckon themselves dead to sin but alive to God, presenting their members as instruments of righteousness, since sin shall not have dominion over those under grace rather than law.
Read Romans Chapter 6 Summary
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Position in Book
IntroductionChapters 1:1-17
Greeting, desire to visit, gospel summary.
Sin's ProblemChapters 1:18-3:20
JustificationChapters 3:21-5:21
SanctificationChapters 6-8
Freedom from sin, law struggle, Spirit's life.
Israel's FutureChapters 9-11
Christian LivingChapters 12-16
Bible Bites
Paul Wrote Romans from Corinth
Paul wrote his longest epistle to the Romans from the city of Corinth around AD 57 during his third missionary journey. He had never visited Rome when he wrote this comprehensive theological treatise.
RomansThe scribe breaks the fourth wall
Paul dictated Romans to a scribe. Near the end, that scribe suddenly speaks up in his own voice: 'I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord' (Romans 16:22). A brief, human 'fourth-wall' moment slipped right into Scripture.
Romans 16:22



