Romans 6:14 (WEB)

Passage

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

Nearby Context

Romans 6:12 Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

Romans 6:13 Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

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

Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

Romans 6:16 Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Also do not present your members to..." into verse 15's "What then Shall we sin because we...", so "grace" and "dominion" 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 "dominion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.