What Does Romans 6:15 Mean in the King James?
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Being held by favor does not make a miss cease to be a miss.
THE MEANING
The verse names a tempting conclusion: if you are held by favor rather than instruction, missing no longer matters. Its answer is an emphatic no. Favor does not rename the miss as wholeness or make it harmless.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie is that favor makes missing irrelevant, that once acceptance is given, nothing about what you do can matter.
THE ROOT
ἁμαρτήσωμεν
hamartḗsōmen
GROWS FROM
ἁμαρτ-
hamart-
Missing; failing to reach what is whole.
The Greek word translated “sin” belongs to the word family for missing. The question is whether standing under favor makes that missing meaningless; the answer leaves the miss visible.
ALSO GROWS
hamartía: Missing; a failure or wrong.
ἁμαρτία
This noun names the same missing that the verse asks whether favor permits.
hamártēma: A failure; an act of missing.
ἁμάρτημα
The related word keeps the focus on a particular miss, not an abstract label.
hamartōlós: A person characterized as a sinner.
ἁμαρτωλός
The word family extends from the act of missing to the person described by it.
χάριν
chárin
GROWS FROM
χαρ-
char-
Favor; freely bestowed kindness.
The word translated “grace” is χάρις, favor freely given. “Under favor” describes what holds you; it does not declare that missing has become wholeness.
ALSO GROWS
charízomai: To grant freely; to show favor.
χαρίζομαι
Favor appears as something given without being earned.
chárisma: A gift of favor.
χάρισμα
The related word carries favor into the form of a freely given gift.
THE PATTERN
Favor and freedom do not erase the reality of missing; they change the ground from which a person responds.
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:THE THREAD
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?Both questions pair ἁμαρτία (hamartía), “missing,” with χάρις (cháris), “favor.” The repeated pair makes the question plain: more favor never means missing has become harmless.
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