Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 6:17
But God be thanked. Not that they have been sinners, but that,
having been sinners, they had become obedient to Christ.
Obeyed from the heart. No outward obedience is of the slightest
value unless the heart turns to God.
That form of doctrine. Macknight paraphrases this:
``I thank God, that although you were formerly the slaves of
sin, ye have willingly obeyed the mould of doctrine into
which ye were cast at baptism.'
Others, Chrysostom for example, say it refers "to Christian teaching as
a type of holy living". The nature of Paul's argument, and the fact
that it is founded on the significance of baptism, makes Macknight's
explanation probable.
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Romans 6:17
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