Romans 6:14 (DRB)

Passage

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

Nearby Context

Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.

Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of iniquity unto sin: but present yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead; and your members as instruments of justice unto God.

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid!

Romans 6:16 Know you not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death or of obedience unto justice.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "shall", "dominion", "over", and "under". 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 nearby context moves from verse 13's "Neither yield ye your members as instruments..." into verse 15's "What then Shall we sin because we...", so "grace" and "shall" belong inside that flow. 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.