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Romans 6:1
Romans 6:1 is verse 1 of Romans chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
King James Version
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
World English Bible
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
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Romans 6:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
3 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
Romans 6:15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Romans 3:6Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
Romans 3:7However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
Romans 3:8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.