King James Version
Romans 6:2 in the King James Version says “God forbid . How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein ?” — study this verse from Romans chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“God forbid . How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein ?”
Romans 6:2 · KJV
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid . How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein ?
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? were: or, are were: or, are
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
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“God forbid”
G3361(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“How”
G4459an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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