Romans 6:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
Romans 6:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 6:1216 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Romans 6:12
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof.” He does not say, let not the flesh live or act, but, “let not sin reign,” for He came not to destroy our nature, but to set our free choice aright. Then to show that it is not through any force or necessity that we are held down by iniquity, but willingly, he does not say, let it not tyrannize, a word that would imply a necessity, but let it not reign. For it is absurd for those…
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