基督徒不在律法之下就可以犯罪嗎 — 羅馬書讀經隨筆 第6章

羅馬書第六章，保羅闡明了基督徒不能繼續活在罪中，盡管基督徒是在恩典之下而不是在律法之下。不在律法之下就可以犯罪麽？保羅說，斷乎不可！我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人，就是受洗歸入他的死。罪人是舊人，在基督裏舊人已死，新人不再活在罪中。在基督裏的人，就是新造的人。這樣我們從罪裏得了釋放，新人就作了義的奴仆，從而將肢體獻給義以至於成聖。

羅6:1 這樣、怎麽說呢．我們可以仍在罪中、叫恩典顯多麽。
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
羅6:2 斷乎不可．我們在罪上死了的人、豈可仍在罪中活著呢。
May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
羅6:3 豈不知我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人、是受洗歸入他的死麽。
Or don't you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
羅6:4 所以我們借著洗禮歸入死、和他一同埋葬．原是叫我們一舉一動有新生的樣式、像基督借著父的榮耀、從死裏複活一樣。
We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
羅6:15 這卻怎麽樣呢．我們在恩典之下、不在律法之下、就可以犯罪麽．斷乎不可。
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!
羅6:16 豈不曉得你們獻上自己作奴仆、順從誰、就作誰的奴仆麽．或作罪的奴仆、以至於死．或作順命的奴仆、以至成義。
Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
羅6:17 感謝 神、因為你們從前雖然作罪的奴仆、現今卻從心裏順服了所傳給你們道理的模範。
But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.
羅6:18 你們既從罪裏得了釋放、就作了義的奴仆。
Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
羅6:19 我因你們肉體的軟弱、就照人的常話對你們說、你們從前怎樣將肢體獻給不潔不法作奴仆、以至於不法．現今也要照樣將肢體獻給義作奴仆、以至於成聖．
I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.