Romans 6
1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin so that grace may abound?
2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
Certainly not! How can we who have died to sin still live in it?
3 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death?
4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection.
6 We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
For we know that our old self has been crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
7 For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
For he who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
For we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has dominion over him.
10 The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
For the death that he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.
11 So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
So you also must consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies so that you obey it in the body's sinful desires.
13 Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
And do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
For sin will have no dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
But thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted,
18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
and having been set free from sin, you have become slaves to righteousness.
19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
So what fruit did you have at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end result of those things is death.
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God, you have fruit that leads to sanctification, and the end result is eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
