Beyond Antinomianism and Legalism: An Exegetical and Canonical Critique of “Not Under Law” (Romans 6:14) within the Architecture of God’s Promise-Plan

August 16, 2026

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Romans 6:14—“for you are not under law but under grace”—serves as a central hermeneutical battleground in Pauline soteriology and Christian ethics. For centuries, post-Enlightenment dualism and post-Reformation confessional systematics have frequently isolated this phrase to construct an antinomian dichotomy, contrasting Mosaic instruction (

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Promise-Plan Theology • Kingdom Ethics • Pauline Studies

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Romans 6:14; Romans 6:1–23; Jeremiah 31; Ezekiel 36; Romans 6; Romans 6:14–15; Romans 5; Romans 6:1

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Beyond Antinomianism and Legalism: An Exegetical and Canonical Critique of “Not Under Law” (Romans 6:14) within the Architecture of God’s Promise-Plan

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