15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, …
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: …
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? …
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-23)The apostle’s transition, which joins this discourse with the former, is observable: “ What shall we say then ? Rom. 6:1. What use shall we make of this sweet and comfortable doctrine? Shall we do evil that good may come, as some say we do? Rom. 3:8. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound ? Shall we hence take encouragement to sin with so much the more boldness, because the more sin we com…
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