Romanos 6
Theodoret of Cyrus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Romanos 6:4
The sacrament of baptism itself teaches us to turn away from sin. For baptism is a type of the death of Christ. In it we have become participants in the death and resurrection of Christ. Therefore, because we have shared in Christ's resurrection, we ought to live a new life now. — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
Romanos 6:6
The "old man" does not refer to our nature but to our evil mind. It is this which has been put to death in baptism, so that the body would not continue to serve sin. — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
Romanos 6:7
Whoever saw a dead man sleeping in some harlot's bed, or bloodying his hands with murder, or doing anything else which is sinful? — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
Romanos 6:8
Those of us who were buried with Christ ought to die to sin, because we are waiting for the resurrection. — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
Romanos 6:12
A reign is different from a tyranny in that a tyrant rules without the consent of his subjects, whereas a reign applies in those cases where the subjects have assented to it. Therefore Paul is urging his hearers not to assent any longer to the reign of sin, for the Lord destroyed sin's reign when he took on human flesh. — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
Romanos 6:13
By telling us to yield our members to God as instruments of righteousness, Paul teaches that the body is not evil but the creation of a good God. Therefore if it is properly and correctly controlled by the soul it can serve God. — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
Romanos 6:14
In other words, nature is no longer struggling on its own but has the Holy Spirit to help it. — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
Romanos 6:16
Righteousness and sin are mutually incompatible. As the Lord himself said in the holy Gospel: "No man can serve two masters." — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS
Romanos 6:17
You who once were slaves to sin have broken away from it by the free will of your mind and have embraced spiritual teaching instead. — INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS