Romans 6:1-2
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?”
Paul is writing to the Christians in Rome, a diverse community facing internal tensions and external pressures. He has just spent chapters explaining that salvation comes through God's grace, not by following the Jewish Law. Now he anticipates a potential misunderstanding: if grace is so powerful, does it matter how we live?
What systems or attitudes in our lives might inadvertently encourage a belief that good outcomes can be had without genuine transformation or cost?