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Romans 6 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Paul begins this chapter by answering how someone might object to what he taught in Chapter 5.
Special concepts in this chapter
Against the Law
In this chapter, Paul refutes the teaching that Christians can live however they want after they are saved. Scholars call this "antinomianism" or being "against the law." To motivate godly living, Paul recalls the great price Jesus paid for a Christian to be saved. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godly)
Servants of sin
Before they believe in Jesus, people are servants of sin, that is, they are unable to resist their desire to sin. God frees Christians from serving sin. They are able to choose to serve Christ in their lives. Paul explains that when Christians choose to sin, they willingly choose to sin. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin)
Fruit
This chapter uses the imagery of fruit. The image of fruit usually refers to a person's faith producing good works in their life. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fruit and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Rhetorical Questions
Paul uses rhetorical questions in this chapter. It appears the intent of these rhetorical questions is to make the readers see their sin so they will trust in Jesus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/guilt and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin)
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
Death
Paul uses "death" to refer to many different things in this chapter: physical death, spiritual death, sin reigning in the heart of man, and the end of something. He contrasts sin and death with the new life provided by Christ and the new way Christians are supposed to live after they are saved. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death)