Roma 6:1

The Believer’s Freedom from Sin’s Domination

6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase?

Roma 6:14

6:14 For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

Roma 9:16

9:16 So then, ¹  it does not depend on human desire or exertion, ²  but on God who shows mercy.

[9:16]  ¹ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

[9:16]  ² tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.”