Romans 6:14 (WEB)
For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
Fathers and councils · 10
Jerome
“vi. 14.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For thou hast heard the Apostle say, Dead indeed unto sin, but living unto righteousness.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 11, 14.
Read the whole comment“Romans vi. 3–14” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.30Conference XXI
“…succeed in attaining to the blessedness which the Apostle speaks of: “For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law but under grace.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 14.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Finally, He became man, that we who die as men might live again, and that death should no more reign over us; for the Apostolic word proclaims, ‘Death shall not have the dominion over us.’” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 9, 14, cf. de Pass. et Cruc. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For ye are not under the law, but under Grace.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 12, 13, 14
Read the whole comment“When, therefore, you hear it said, “Sin shall not reign over you;” have not thou confidence of thyself, that sin reign not over thee, but of Him, unto Whom a certain Saint saith in prayer, “Direct my paths after Thy Word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 14
Read the whole comment“We ask the apostle, and he says to us, since we are not under the law but under grace.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 14.
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Tertullian
“So faith, illumined by patience, when it was becoming propagated among the nations through “Abraham’s seed, which is Christ,” and was superinducing grace over the law, made patience her pre-eminent coadjutrix for amplifying and fulfilling the law, because that alone had been lacking unto the doctrine of righteousness.” — editor's note: John i. 17; Rom. vi. 14, 15.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…titillanti suæ voluptati eas suffragari existimant; rum præcipue illam quoque: “Peccatum enim vestri non dominabitur; non estis enim sub lege, sed sub gratia;” et aliquas alias hujusmodi, quarum posthæc non est rationi consentaneum ut faciam mentionem (non enim nayera instruo piraticam), age paucis eorum argumentum…” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 14.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in On Continence Chapter 8.
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Cited together in On Continence Chapter 12.
