Bible Strands
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses believers in Rome, speaking immediately after commanding them to stop offering their bodies to sin and instead present them to God as instruments of righteousness.
The words — ἁμαρτία (hamartia) translates to sin, and κυριεύσει (kurieusei) means will rule over or will exercise mastery. The text states that sin will not rule over them because they are not under law but under grace.
The thread — This connection between grace and freedom from the law's authority appears in Galatians 5:18 and Romans 8:2, which both tie Spirit-led living to being released from the law's dominion.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to abandon reliance on legalistic control and instead submit daily to grace's governing authority.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Cross-references
- Galatians 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
- Romans 8:2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
- Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Romans 6:12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- Galatians 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Psalms 130:7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
- John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.