Romans 6:2 (KJV)

Passage

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Nearby Context

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

Romans 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "forbid", "shall", "dead", "live", "longer", and "therein". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "forbid" 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 Shall we..." into verse 3's "Know ye not that so many of...", so "forbid" 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 "forbid" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.