F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Romans 6:1-11
“Dead unto Sin, but Alive unto God” Romans 6:1-11 It is not sufficient merely to apprehend, however clearly, our standing in Christ; we must see to it that the doctrine issues in a holy life. Nothing is more hurtful than to hold a truth intellectually, without giving it expression in character. Many who fight for the minute points of doctrinal accuracy are careless of the great demands of Christ for a life of godlike love. Therefore, after the Apostle’s massive statements of doctrine, he... read more
Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Romans 6:17
Romans ‘THE FORM OF TEACHING’ Rom_6:17 . There is room for difference of opinion as to what Paul precisely means by ‘form’ here. The word so rendered appears in English as type , and has a similar variety of meaning. It signifies originally a mark made by pressure or impact; and then, by natural transitions, a mould , or more generally a pattern or example , and then the copy of such an example or pattern, or the cast from such a mould. It has also the other meaning which its English... read more