Romans 6

(1)  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
(2)  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
(3)  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
(4)  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
(5)  For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
(6)  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
(7)  For he that is dead is freed from sin.
(8)  Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
(9)  Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
(10)  For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
(11)  Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(12)  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
(13)  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
(14)  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
(15)  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
(16)  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
(17)  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
(18)  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
(19)  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
(20)  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
(21)  What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
(22)  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
(23)  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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1. Why would the objector think the thing to do was to keep on sinning? Verse 1.

2. What is the reason that such an idea cannot be? Verse 2.

3. When is a person completely dead to sin? Verse 3.

4. When do we begin to walk in newness of life, or a new life? Verse 4.

5. In baptism, of what is there a likeness? Verse 5.

6. What are the “old man” and the “body of sin” that are crucified or destroyed in baptism? Verse 6.

7. What happens to the relationship of a slave to his master if the slave dies? What happens if a slave to sin dies? Verse 7.

8. Is Paul referring to life with Christ in the world to come or stating a present, general truth? Verse 8.

9. When did spiritual death lose its dominion over us? Verse 9.

10. What is the broader meaning of the word “once” as it used in this verse. Verse 10.

11. In what way are we admonished to imitate Christ? Verse 11.

12. If Christians are dead to sin, why are they warned about sinning? Verse 12.

13. If King Sin reigns in our bodies, what are his instruments or weapons? Verse 13.

14. How would sin have dominion over us if we were merely under law? Verse 14.

15. What objection does Paul anticipate here and what is the answer to the objection? Verse 15.

16. What determines whose servants we are? Verse 16.

17. Was Paul thankful that the Romans were sinners? What was the “form of doctrine” that was delivered and that they obeyed? Verse 17.

18. When were the Romans freed from sin? When did they become servants of righteousness? Verse 18.

19. What illustration does Paul use to enable the Romans to see they had no liberty to continue to serve sin under grace? Verse 19.

20. In what way were they free when they were servants of sin? Verse 20.

21. What advantage did they gain from participating in the things of which they were now ashamed? Verse 21.

22. What is the fruit of being made free from sin and becoming servants to God? Verse 22.

23. What is the difference in serving sin and serving God? Verse 23.

24. How would you answer someone who maintains that his body sins but his spirit does not, that is, that his “inner self” remains undefiled? (See Verses 12-20 and Matthew 15:18-20)