Romans 6:2 (LSB)

Passage

May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

Nearby Context

Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

Romans 6:2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

Romans 6:4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "never", "shall", "died", "still", and "live". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "never" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "What shall we say then Are we..." into verse 3's "Or do you not know that all...", so "never" 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 "never" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.