Romans
6:12-23
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- III.XIX.1, V.XIV.4, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- II.22, III.4, III.8, III.11, IV.3, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter VI, On Patience, Tertullian (c. 202)
- Chapter XLVII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter XVII, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- From Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545).
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "He grants that sin is not yet so dead in us that it is utterly extinct: but he promises victory to those that contend bravely, because we have the grace of God given to us which works so that the law is not now in us the power and instrument of sin."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Every man is the servant of the master to whose commands he yields himself."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "...under the merciful dispensation of the gospel, which brings complete victory over it to every one who is under the powerful influences of the Spirit of Christ."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "To be 'under the law' is, first, to be under its claim to entire obedience; and so, next under its curse for the breach of these."
- "The Doctrines of Grace Do Not Lead to Sin," Romans 6:14-15, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1883.
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "If we obey sin, we are sin's servants, under his reign, and will receive, not grace, but sin's wages, which is death."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Romans 6:12-23, Israel Kamudzandu, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "Christians must ask themselves who they serve and whose they are in all what they do."
- "The God of Love and Peace," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2014.
- "Whenever we make the essence of spirituality and holiness a matter of following religious rules, we have missed the mark. For Jesus, a truly spiritual way of living is about being willing to give someone a cup of cold water on a hot day. It's really no more complicated than that."
- Commentary,
Romans 6:12-23, Walter F. Taylor, Jr., Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "The passage reminds us that we are still vulnerable to sin and death, post-baptism. And so the issue becomes: which slavery do we want--slavery to sin that leads to death or slavery to Christ that leads to life?"
- "The passage reminds us that we are still vulnerable to sin and death, post-baptism. And so the issue becomes: which slavery do we want--slavery to sin that leads to death or slavery to Christ that leads to life?"
- "First
Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 3, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
- "It is in the light of entering this new life with its dynamic generation of love and goodness that Paul now declares: so don't let yourself be ruled by the competing system which generates sin."
- "Freedom," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2011.
- "The contemporary understanding of freedom misleads us into believing that, if you are lucky or strong or bold or beautiful and powerful enough, you can live absent any obligations, any commitments, any requirements whatsoever. Paul therefore invites the Christians in Rome – and by extension all of us – to consider that the choice before us is not whether to be obedient or free, but rather to what we will be freely obedient."
- "Slaves of Righteousness," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
- Commentary,
Romans 6:12-23, Marion L. Soards, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "Paul recognizes that the power of sin is still active in the world of the believers, so that Christians are confronted with the real peril of falling back into the submission to sin that will result in the Christians' following the baser instincts of human existence rather than God's will and leadership."
- "Surrendered Body," Preacher's Magazine, 2006: Listening to the Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
- "The
Stupidity of Sin (Romans 6:12-23)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Our relationship to God through Jesus Christ does involve servanthood (or slavery—Paul uses this imagery often), but many other dimensions are also involved."
-
"Romans 5-8 as Pastoral Theology," Stanley N. Olson, Word & World,
1986.
- "The unity and functions of the exhortation and assurance in Romans 5-8 are clarified when the section is understood as pastoral theology."
- Commentary,
Romans 6:12-23, Israel Kamudzandu, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Boers, Hendrikus,
"The Structure and Meaning of Romans 6:1-14," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cook, Anthony, "Homiletical Helps on LSB Series A -
Epistles," (Romans 6:12-23 begins on page 107), Concordia Journal,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Eisenbaum, Pamela,
"A Remedy for Having Been Born of Woman: Jesus, Gentiles, and Genealogy in
Romans," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials -
Gagnon, Robert A.J., "Heart of Wax and a Teaching that Stamps:
TYPOS DIDACHES (Romans 6:17b) Once
More," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kolb,
Robert, "God Kills to Make Alive: Romans 6 and Luther's Understanding of
Justification (1535)," Lutheran Quarterly, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials -
Leithart, Peter J., "Justification as Verdict and Deliverance: A
Biblical Perspective," Pro Ecclesia,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials -
Miller-McLemore, Bonnie, "The Sting of Death," Theology Today,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials -
O'Brien, Bill, "Slave Wages," The Christian Century,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Olson,
Stanley N., "Romans 5-8 as Pastoral Theology," Word & World, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Talbert, Charles H.,
"Tracing Paul's Train of Thought in Romans 6-8," Review & Expositor,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wasserman, Emma, "Paul
among the Philosophers: the Case of Sin in Romans 6-8," Journal
for the Study of the New Testament,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Waters, Larry J., "Paradoxes in the Pauline Epistles," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2010.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Westerholm, Stephen,
"The Righteousness of the Law and the Righteousness of Faith in Romans,"
Interpretation, 2004. (See also,
Romans, issue focus for Interpretation, 2004.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Boers, Hendrikus,
"The Structure and Meaning of Romans 6:1-14," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2001.
- Sermons:
- "Slaves Of A Different Master," William G. Carter, SermonStudio.
- "Shackles That Won't Shrink!" the Rev. Gary Manning, Day 1, 2009.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2014. 2011.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," June 29, 2014, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Genesis 22:1-14 and God Gave Us You by Lisa Tawn Bergren, Romans 6:12-23 and Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill, Matthew 10:40-42 and How Full Is Your Bucketi by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer.
- "Paid in Full," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Romans 6:12, 13, 22, 23. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- "Kingdom of Mystery," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- At Oremus Hymnal:
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Romans
