Romans 6:15. What then? shall we sin, etc. This objection has been raised ever since. It is not precisely the same as that suggested in Romans 6:1: there the objection was that free pardon would encourage us to continue in sin; here the objection is that freedom from the law leads to freedom in sinning. The connection with chap. 7, as well as the entire argument of chaps. 6-8, points to sanctification by grace, and forbids an exclusive reference to the grace of justification.

Let it never be; as usual. The denial is expanded in what follows. The legal heart makes the objection; but the loyal heart makes this indignant denial.

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