Romans 6:15
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
KJV
Τί οὖν; ἁμαρτήσωμεν ὅτι οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑπὸ νόμον ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ χάριν; μὴ γένοιτο.
Greek NT
Quid ergo ? peccabimus, quoniam non sumus sub lege, sed sub gratia ? Absit.
Vulgate
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
ASV
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid!
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἁμαρτάνω
amartano
verb · 44×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἁμαρτήσωμεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἁμαρτήσωμεν | RP: Ἁμαρτήσομεν
- ἁμαρτήσωμεν — SBLGNT
- ἁμαρτήσωμεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἁμαρτήσομεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210211.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:20 — And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
- 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Eph 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
- Gal 2:17 — But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
- Jude 1:4 — For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our
- Matt 5:19 — Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
- Rom 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
- Rom 3:8 — And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
- Rom 3:9 — What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
- Rom 6:1 — What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
- Rom 6:1 — What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
- Rom 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- Titus 2:11 — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,