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Not Under Law but Under Grace


Not Under Law but Under Grace


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The rhetorical question that begins this section (shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?) is quite similar to the one in Romans 6:1. In Romans 6:1 the potential error was sinning more to experience more grace, while here it is sinning freely because grace has replaced law. Paul anticipates a possible misunderstanding of his statement in Romans 6:14 that we “are not under law, but under grace.” Some might interpret the absence of law to mean they are free to do whatever they want, and the presence of grace to mean God will understand and forgive whatever they do. People today often have this same low opinion of the seriousness of sin, thinking that forgiveness is easy to obtain. Paul responds as he did in Romans 6:1, By no means! This assumption is terribly wrong.


Osborne, Grant R. Romans. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004. Print. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.

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