Romans 6
6
1WHAT shall we say, then? shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2God forbid. For we that are dead to sin, how shall we live any longer therein?
3Know you not that all we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in his death?
4For we are buried together with him by baptism into death; that as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life.
5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.
6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.
7For he that is dead is justified from sin.
8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall live also together with Christ:
9Knowing that Christ rising again from the dead, dieth now no more, death shall no more have dominion over him.
10For in that he died to sin, he died once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God:
11So do you also reckon, that you are dead to sin, but alive unto God, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.
13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of justice unto God.
14For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law, but under grace.
15What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death, or of obedience unto justice.
17But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart, unto that form of doctrine, into which you have been delivered.
18Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice.
19I speak an human thing, because of the infirmity of your flesh. For as you have yielded your members to serve uncleanness and iniquity, unto iniquity; so now yield your members to serve justice, unto sanctification.
20For when you were the servants of sin, you were free men to justice.
21What fruit therefore had you then in those things, of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.
22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end life everlasting.
23For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Romans 6
6
The New Life in Christ
1What should we say then?#Rm 3:5 Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?#Rm 3:8; 6:15 2Absolutely not!#Lk 20:16 How can we who died to sin#Rm 7:4,6; Gl 2:19; Col 2:20; 3:3; 1Pt 2:24 still live in it? 3Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized#Mt 28:19; 1Co 1:13–17; 12:13; Gl 3:27 into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?#Ac 2:38; 8:16; 19:5 4Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death,#Col 2:12 in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead#Ac 2:24 by the glory of the Father,#Jn 11:40; 2Co 13:4 so we too may walk in newness#6:4 Or a new way of life.#Rm 7:6; 2Co 5:17; Gl 6:15; Eph 4:23–24; Col 3:10 5For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death,#2Co 4:10; Php 3:10; Col 2:12; 3:1 we will certainly also be#6:5 Be joined with him in the likeness of his resurrection. 6For we know that our old self#6:6 Lit man#Eph 4:22; Col 3:9 was crucified with him#Gl 2:20; 5:24; 6:14 so that the body ruled by sin#6:6 Lit that the body of sin might be rendered powerless#Rm 7:24 so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, 7since a person who has died#1Pt 4:1 is freed#6:7 Or justified; lit acquitted from sin. 8Now if we died with Christ,#2Co 4:10; 2Tm 2:11 we believe that we will also live with him, 9because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead,#Ac 2:24 will not die again. Death no longer rules over him.#Rv 1:18 10For the death he died, he died to sin once for all time; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin#Rm 7:4,6; Gl 2:19; Col 2:20; 3:3; 1Pt 2:24 and alive to God in Christ Jesus.#6:11 Other mss add our Lord
12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey#6:12 Other mss add sin (lit it) in its desires. 13And do not offer any parts#6:13 Or members, also in v. 19 of it to sin#Rm 7:5; Col 3:5 as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God,#Rm 12:1; 2Co 5:14; 1Pt 2:24 and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. 14For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law#Rm 5:18; 7:4,6; Gl 4:21 but under grace.#Rm 5:17,21
From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God
15What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?#Rm 6:1 Absolutely not!#Lk 20:16 16Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone#6:16 Lit that to whom you offer yourselves as obedient slaves,#Rm 11:2; 1Co 3:16; 5:6; 6:2–3,9,15–16,19; 9:13,24 you are slaves of that one you obey#Jn 8:34; 2Pt 2:19 — either of sin leading to death#Rm 6:23 or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin,#Rm 1:8; 2Co 2:14 you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed#6:17 Or entrusted over,#2Tm 1:3 18and having been set free from sin,#Jn 8:32; Rm 8:2 you became enslaved to righteousness. 19I am using a human analogy#Rm 3:5 because of the weakness of your flesh.#6:19 Or your human nature For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification. 20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.#6:20 Lit free to righteousness#Mt 6:24 21So what fruit was produced#6:21 Lit what fruit do you have then from the things you are now ashamed of?#Jr 12:13; Ezk 16:63; Rm 7:5 The outcome of those things is death.#Rm 1:32; 5:12; 8:6,13; Gl 6:8 22But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God,#1Co 7:22; 1Pt 2:16 you have your fruit, which results in sanctification#Rm 7:4 — and the outcome is eternal life!#1Pt 1:9 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.#Mt 25:46; Rm 5:21; 8:39
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