Romans 6:1 (DBY)

Passage

What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound?

Nearby Context

Romans 6:1 What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound?

Romans 6:2 Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?

Romans 6:3 Are you ignorant that we, as many as have been baptised unto Christ Jesus, have been baptised unto his death?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "shall", "should", "continue", and "abound". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Far be the thought We who have...", so "grace" and "shall" should be read forward into that movement. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.