Romans 6:1
Romans 6:11What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
JWs cite this verse and its context to argue that grace (which the NWT renders "undeserved kindness") does not eliminate the need for obedience. The Watchtower uses Paul's rhetorical question — "Shall we continue in sin so that undeserved kindness may increase?" — to caution against any teaching that emphasises grace apart from works, framing Protestant soteriology as a licence to sin.
Paul anticipates the objection to grace-based salvation — "Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?" — and answers emphatically: "By no means!" (). But his solution is not a return to law-compliance. Instead, he argues that believers have died with Christ (6:3–4) and are now "under grace, not under law" (6:14). The very verse JWs cite to argue for works actually introduces a chapter that twice names law as the problem and grace as the solution. Paul's answer to antinomianism is not more rules but a new identity: the believer, united with Christ in death and resurrection, is freed from sin's dominion precisely because they are under grace. confirms: Paul's own impeccable religious performance he counted as refuse (skubalon) compared to the righteousness that comes from God through faith.