Romans 6:12 (WEB)
Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
Catechism · 1
“One who has heard Paul say, "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies," and has purified himself in action, thought and word will say to God: "Thy kingdom come!"” — Catechism footnote: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catech. myst. 5, 13: PG 33, 1120A; cf. Rom 6:12.
Fathers and councils · 20
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…instruments of unrighteousness unto sin; but yield yourselves to God, as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13, etc.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Romans vi. 3–14” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“A pure soul can say with boldness, Thy kingdom come; for he who has heard Paul saying, Let not therefore sin reign in your mortal body, and has cleansed himself in deed, and thought, and word, will say to God, Thy kingdom come.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…taken captive, and transferred to the service of righteousness and good works: that as the Apostle says, “Sin should no more reign in” our “mortal body,” and so forth.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment““Let not sin reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment“For God’s tabernacle on earth is the faithful; I admire in them the obedience of even their bodily members: that in them “Sin does not reign so that they should obey its lusts; neither do they yield their members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin; but unto the living God in good works.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“This weakness of the flesh must be therefore minded, the words of the Apostle recollected, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment“…members instruments of iniquity unto sin, but yield themselves to God, as though from the dead living, and their members instruments of righteousness to God?” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“…for thus, according to the precept of the Apostle, sin reigneth not in our mortal body, nor do we yield our members as weapons of unrighteousness unto sin.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13
Read the whole comment“For ye are not under the law, but under Grace.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13, 14
Read the whole comment“Then sin will reign in the mortal body of man to obey its desires; then will it yield its members weapons of unrighteousness unto sin: and the last state of that man shall be worse than the former.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13
Read the whole comment“And for its overthrow the apostle strives, saying, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment“Be that secured which the Apostle saith, “Let not sin reign in your mortal body.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12.
Read the whole comment“…the punishment of sin, does not reign in our mortal body to obey the lusts of it, and when we no longer yield our members as instruments of unrighteousness, then the soul is converted from its own evil and selfish desires, and, God possessing it, it possesses itself in peace even in this life, and afterwards, with…” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“But if with the flesh thou servest the law of sin, do as the apostle himself says: “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lust thereof: neither yield ye your members as weapons of unrighteousness unto sin.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13.
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Tertullian
“Moreover, the apostle is urgent in prohibiting “sin from reigning in our mortal body,” whose “infirmity of the flesh” he knew.” — editor's note: Ver. 12.
Read the whole comment“…ye yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead”—not simply alive, but as alive from the dead—“and your members as instruments of righteousness.”” — editor's note: Vers. 12, 13.
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Leo the Great
“For we have many encounters with our own selves: the flesh desires one thing against the spirit, and the spirit another thing against the flesh.” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. v. 17: and below, Rom. vi. 12.
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John Cassian
“…of continence from without, if only, as the Apostle says, they no longer allow any reign of sin in their mortal body, nor wear a flesh that resists the spirit.” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. vi. 12; Gal. v. 17. S. Benedict’s rule about the dress of the monks is as follows: “Let the dress of the brethren be adapted to the character of the…
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
“The king is sin reigning in our mortal body; (Rom. 6:12.) but our understanding also was created king.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 35
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 8.
Cited together in Catechism §2819.
Cited together in Catechism §2819.
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Cited together in Catechism §2819.
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Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.14.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.14.
Cited together in The Institutes I.11.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 31.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 4.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.14.
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 14:28–33 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 14:28–33 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 14:28–33 (2) (Catena Aurea).