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Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. <a href="/esv/romans/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. <a href="/bsb/romans/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/blb/romans/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For sin will not rule over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/kjv/romans/6.htm">King James Bible</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. <a href="/nkjv/romans/6.htm">New King James Version</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. <a href="/nasb_/romans/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under the Law but under grace. <a href="/nasb/romans/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. <a href="/nasb77/romans/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/lsb/romans/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. <a href="/amp/romans/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For sin will no longer be a master over you, since you are not under Law [as slaves], but under [unmerited] grace [as recipients of God’s favor and mercy]. <a href="/csb/romans/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace. <a href="/hcsb/romans/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under law but under grace. <a href="/asv/romans/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/cev/romans/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't let sin keep ruling your lives. You are ruled by God's undeserved grace and not by the Law. <a href="/erv/romans/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/gwt/romans/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Certainly, sin shouldn't have power over you because you're not controlled by laws, but by God's favor. <a href="/gnt/romans/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace. <a href="/isv/romans/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> For sin will not have mastery over you, because you are not under Law but under grace. <a href="/msb/romans/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/net/romans/6.htm">NET Bible</a> For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace. <a href="/nheb/romans/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/wbt/romans/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. <a href="/wey/romans/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace. <a href="/web/romans/6.htm">World English Bible</a> For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for sin will not have lordship over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/blb/romans/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For sin will not rule over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/ylt/romans/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/slt/romans/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For sin shall not rule over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law, but under grace. <a href="/cpdv/romans/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For sin should not have dominion over you. For you are not under the law, but under grace. <a href="/nabre/romans/6.htm">New American Bible</a> For sin is not to have any power over you, since you are not under the law but under grace. <a href="/nrsvce/romans/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are no longer under the law, but under grace. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And sin has no authority over you, for you not under The Written Law, but under grace.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under law, but under grace.<CM> <a href="/godbey/romans/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. <a href="/haweis/romans/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For sin shall not hold dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. <a href="/mace/romans/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for then sin shall have no dominion over you: because you are not under the legal, but under the gospel dispensation. <a href="/wey/romans/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace. <a href="/worrell/romans/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under law, but under grace. <a href="/worsley/romans/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For sin shall have no power over you, inasmuch as ye are not under the law, but under grace. <a href="/parallel/romans/6-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=1430" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/6.htm">Dead to Sin, Alive to God</a> …13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness. 14<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartia (N-NFS) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sin</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2961.htm" title="2961: kyrieusei (V-FIA-3S) -- To have authority, rule over. From kurios; to rule.">shall not be your master,</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou."></a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">because</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: este (V-PIA-2P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">you are</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">not</a> <a href="/greek/5259.htm" title="5259: hypo (Prep) -- A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).">under</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551: nomon (N-AMS) -- From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.">law,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/5259.htm" title="5259: hypo (Prep) -- A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).">under</a> <a href="/greek/5485.htm" title="5485: charin (N-AFS) -- From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act.">grace.</a> 15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/galatians/5-18.htm">Galatians 5:18</a> But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. <a href="/galatians/3-23.htm">Galatians 3:23-25</a> Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. / So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. / Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. <a href="/romans/7-4.htm">Romans 7:4-6</a> Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. / For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death. / But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. <a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a> For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. <a href="/1_corinthians/9-20.htm">1 Corinthians 9:20-21</a> To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law. / To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law. <a href="/galatians/2-19.htm">Galatians 2:19-21</a> For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God. / I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. / I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing. <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4-5</a> But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, / to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a> For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, / not by works, so that no one can boast. <a href="/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13-14</a> When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, / having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! <a href="/hebrews/8-6.htm">Hebrews 8:6-13</a> Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises. / For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second. / But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. ... <a href="/john/1-17.htm">John 1:17</a> For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. <a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm">2 Corinthians 3:6</a> And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. <a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a> It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a> Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ... <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a> I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.sin.<a href="/romans/6-12.htm">Romans 6:12</a> Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.<a href="/romans/5-20.htm">Romans 5:20,21</a> Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: … <a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a> For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.for ye.<a href="/romans/3-19.htm">Romans 3:19,20</a> Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God… <a href="/romans/7-4.htm">Romans 7:4-11</a> Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God… <a href="/galatians/3-23.htm">Galatians 3:23</a> But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.under.<a href="/romans/6-15.htm">Romans 6:15</a> What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.<a href="/romans/4-16.htm">Romans 4:16</a> Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,<a href="/romans/5-21.htm">Romans 5:21</a> That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/6-9.htm">Dominion</a> <a href="/romans/6-1.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/romans/5-20.htm">Law</a> <a href="/romans/6-9.htm">Master</a> <a href="/acts/25-1.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/acts/24-25.htm">Subjects</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/7-1.htm">Dominion</a> <a href="/romans/6-15.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/romans/6-15.htm">Law</a> <a href="/romans/14-4.htm">Master</a> <a href="/romans/8-12.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/romans/6-15.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Subjects</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 6</div>1. <a href="/romans/6-1.htm">We may not live in sin;</a> 2. <a href="/romans/6-2.htm">for we are dead unto it;</a> 3. <a href="/romans/6-3.htm">as appears by our baptism.</a> 12. <a href="/romans/6-12.htm">Let not sin reign anymore;</a> 18. <a href="/romans/6-18.htm">because we have yielded ourselves to the service of righteousness;</a> 23. <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">and because death is the wages of sin.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/romans/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For sin shall not be your master This phrase emphasizes the transformative power of the believer's new identity in Christ. In the context of Romans, Paul addresses the dominion of sin, which has been broken through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Historically, the concept of mastery would resonate with the Roman audience familiar with slavery, a prevalent institution in their society. Theologically, this reflects the promise of <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a>, where the seed of the woman would crush the serpent's head, symbolizing victory over sin. The believer's freedom from sin's mastery is a fulfillment of this prophecy, indicating a new creation in Christ (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>).because you are not under law The law, given through Moses, served to reveal sin (<a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Romans 3:20</a>) and was a tutor leading to Christ (<a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24</a>). In the historical context, the Jewish audience would understand the law as a covenantal framework that defined their relationship with God. However, Paul clarifies that the law cannot save; it can only highlight humanity's inability to achieve righteousness on its own. This phrase connects to the broader biblical narrative of the Old Covenant, which pointed to the need for a New Covenant, prophesied in <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a>, where God's law would be written on hearts rather than tablets of stone.but under grace Grace, a central theme in Paul's writings, signifies unmerited favor and divine assistance given to humanity for regeneration and sanctification. This phrase marks the transition from the Old Covenant of law to the New Covenant of grace, inaugurated by Christ's sacrificial death and resurrection. Theologically, grace is the means by which believers are justified (<a href="/romans/3-24.htm">Romans 3:24</a>) and empowered to live righteously. It fulfills the promise of <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a>, where God promises to give a new heart and spirit, enabling obedience. This grace is a type of Christ's work, as He embodies grace and truth (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>), offering believers a new way of life free from the bondage of sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Romans, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_roman_church.htm">The Roman Church</a> The recipients of the letter, the Roman Christians were a diverse group of Jewish and Gentile believers living in the capital of the Roman Empire. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sin.htm">Sin</a> A central theme in Paul's writings, sin is depicted as a power that enslaves humanity, from which believers are freed through Christ. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_law.htm">The Law</a> Referring to the Mosaic Law, which was given to the Israelites and is often discussed by Paul in terms of its role in revealing sin and pointing to the need for a Savior. 5. <a href="/topical/g/grace.htm">Grace</a> The unmerited favor of God, which is a key concept in Paul's theology, emphasizing salvation and freedom from sin through Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/freedom_from_sin's_dominion.htm">Freedom from Sin's Dominion</a> Believers are no longer slaves to sin because of the transformative power of grace. Understanding this freedom encourages a life of holiness and obedience to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_law.htm">The Role of the Law</a> The law reveals sin but cannot save; it points to the need for grace through Christ. Christians are called to live by the Spirit, not by the letter of the law. <a href="/topical/l/living_under_grace.htm">Living Under Grace</a> Grace empowers believers to live righteously, not as a license to sin. Embrace the identity in Christ, which is marked by freedom and victory over sin. <a href="/topical/t/the_transformative_power_of_grace.htm">The Transformative Power of Grace</a> Grace not only saves but also sanctifies, enabling believers to grow in Christlikeness. Rely on God's grace daily for strength and guidance in overcoming sin. <a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a> Recognize and affirm the new identity as children of God, free from the bondage of sin. This identity shapes how believers interact with the world and pursue godliness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 6</a> <a href="/q/how_does_romans_6_14_align_with_mosaic_law.htm">Romans 6:14 claims believers are “not under law but under grace.” How does this align with the Old Testament emphasis on strict adherence to the Mosaic Law?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'not_under_the_law'_mean.htm">What does "not under the law" mean for Christians?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_romans_6_14_say_on_sin's_rule.htm">What does Romans 6:14 mean about sin's dominion?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_antinomianism.htm">What is Antinomianism?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under law, but under grace. As to the force of the future here, οὐ κυριεύσει, see what was said under ver. 5. Here also no more seems, at first sight, to be meant than that God, if we respond to his grace, will not let sin have dominion over us; we shall, in fact, if we are willing, be enabled to resist it. "Invitos nos non coget [peccatum] ad serviendum tibi" (Bengel). And the reason given is suitable to this meaning: "For ye are not under law" (which, while it makes sin sinful and exacts its full penalty, imparts no power to overcome it), "but under grace" (which does communicate such power). Thus understanding the verse, we see the distinction between βασιλευέτω in ver. 12 and κυριεύσει here. In ver. 12 we are exhorted not to let sin reign; we are to own no allegiance to it as a king whose rule we must obey. But it still will try to usurp lordship over us - in vain, however, if we resist the usurpation: οὑ κυριεύσει ἡμῶν. The sense thus given to the verse is what its own language and the previous context suggest. But ver. 15, which follows, suggests a different meaning. "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace?" Such a question could not arise on the statement of the preceding verse, if its meaning were understood to be that grace will enable us to avoid sin; it rather supposes the meaning that grace condones sin. Hence, in ver. 15 at least, a different aspect of the difference between being under law and being under grace seems evidently to come in; namely, this - that the principle of law is to exact complete obedience to its behests; but the principle of grace is to accept faith in lieu of complete obedience. If, then, ἁμαρτία ὑμῶν οὐ κυριεύσει in ver. 14 is to be understood in agreement with this idea, it must mean, "Sin, though it still infects you, shall not lord it over you so as to bring you into condemnation." Calvin has a good note on the verse. He allows the first of the expositions of it given above to be "una quae caeteris prohabilius sustineri queat." But he thinks that ver. 15, following, requires the other, and he concludes thus: "Vult enim nos consolari apostolus, ne animis fatiscamus in studio bene agendi, propterea quod multas imperfectiones adhuc in nobis sentiamus. Uteunque enim peccati aculeis vexemut, non petest tamen nos subigere, quia Spiritu Dei superiores reddimur: deinde in gratia constituti, sumus liberati a rigida Legis exactione." It may be that the apostle, when he wrote ver. 14, meant what the previous context suggests, but passed on in ver. 15 to the other idea in view of the way in which his words might be understood. In what follows next (vers. 15-23) is introduced the second illustration (see former note), drawn from the human relations between masters and slaves. It comes in by way of meeting the supposed abuse of the statement of ver. 14; but it serves as a further proof of the general position that is being upheld. The word κυριεύσει in ver. 14 suggests this particular illustration. We being under grace, it had been said, sin will not be our master, whence the inference was supposed to be drawn that we may sin with impunity, and without thereby subjecting ourselves to the mastery of sin. Nay, it is replied, but it will be our master, if in practice we consent to be its servants. <a href="/commentaries/romans/6-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. sin ἁμαρτία (hamartia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. shall not be your master, κυριεύσει (kyrieusei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2961.htm">Strong's 2961: </a> To have authority, rule over. From kurios; to rule. because γάρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. you are ἐστε (este) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. under ὑπὸ (hypo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_5259.htm">Strong's 5259: </a> A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when). law, νόμον (nomon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3551.htm">Strong's 3551: </a> From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively. but ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. under ὑπὸ (hypo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_5259.htm">Strong's 5259: </a> A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when). grace. χάριν (charin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5485.htm">Strong's 5485: </a> From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/romans/6-14.htm">Romans 6:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/romans/6-14.htm">NT Letters: Romans 6:14 For sin will not have dominion over (Rom. 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