Romans 6:15 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin but have obeyed from the heart unto that form of doctrine into which you have been delivered.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "shall", "under", and "forbid". 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 14's "For sin shall not have dominion over..." into verse 16's "Know you not that to whom you...", 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.