Romans 6
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue still in sinne, that grace may abounde? God forbid.
To what conclusion, then, shall we come? Are we to persist in sinning in order that the grace extended to us may be the greater?
2 Howe shall we, that are dead to sinne, liue yet therein?
No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?
3 Knowe ye not, that all we which haue bene baptized into Iesus Christ, haue bene baptized into his death?
And do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
4 We are buried then with him by baptisme into his death, that like as Christ was raysed vp from the dead to the glorie of the Father, so we also should walke in newnesse of life.
Well, then, we by our baptism were buried with Him in death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from among the dead by the Father's glorious power, we also should live an entirely new life.
5 For if we be planted with him to the similitude of his death, euen so shall we be to the similitude of his resurrection,
For since we have become one with Him by sharing in His death, we shall also be one with Him by sharing in His resurrection.
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sinne might be destroied, that henceforth we should not serue sinne.
This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;
7 For he that is dead, is freed from sinne.
for he who has paid the penalty of death stands absolved from his sin.
8 Wherefore, if we bee dead with Christ, we beleeue that we shall liue also with him,
But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more: death hath no more dominion ouer him.
because we know that Christ, having come back to life, is no longer liable to die.
10 For in that hee died, hee died once to sinne but in that he liueth, he liueth to God.
Death has no longer any power over Him. For by the death which He died He became, once for all, dead in relation to sin; but by the life which He now lives He is alive in relation to God.
11 Likewise thinke ye also, that ye are dead to sin, but are aliue to God in Iesus Christ our Lord.
In the same way you also must regard yourselves as dead in relation to sin, but as alive in relation to God, because you are in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not sinne reigne therefore in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in ye lusts therof:
Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;
13 Neither giue ye your members, as weapons of vnrighteousnes vnto sinne: but giue your selues vnto God, as they that are aliue from the dead, and giue your members as weapons of righteousnesse vnto God.
and no longer lend your faculties as unrighteous weapons for Sin to use. On the contrary surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead, and surrender your several faculties to God, to be used as weapons to maintain the right.
14 For sinne shall not haue dominion ouer you: for ye are not vnder ye Lawe, but vnder grace.
For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace.
15 What then? shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the Law, but vnder grace? God forbid.
Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!
16 Knowe ye not, that to whomsoeuer yee giue your selues as seruats to obey, his seruants ye are to whom ye obey, whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnesse?
Do you not know that if you surrender yourselves as bondservants to obey any one, you become the bondservants of him whom you obey, whether the bondservants of Sin (with death as the result) or of Duty (resulting in righteousness)?
17 But God be thanked, that ye haue beene the seruants of sinne, but yee haue obeyed from the heart vnto the forme of the doctrine, wherunto ye were deliuered.
But thanks be to God that though you were once in thraldom to Sin, you have now yielded a hearty obedience to that system of truth in which you have been instructed.
18 Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.
You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness--
19 I speake after the maner of man, because of the infirmitie of your flesh: for as yee haue giuen your members seruants to vncleannes and to iniquitie, to commit iniquitie, so now giue your mebers seruants vnto righteousnesse in holinesse.
your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever-increasing disregard of Law, so you must now surrender them into bondage to Righteousness ever advancing towards perfect holiness.
20 For when ye were the seruants of sinne, ye were freed from righteousnesse.
For when you were the bondservants of sin, you were under no sort of subjection to Righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those things is death.
At that time, then, what benefit did you get from conduct which you now regard with shame? Why, such things finally result in death.
22 But now being freed from sinne, and made seruants vnto God, ye haue your fruit in holines, and the end, euerlasting life. (aiōnios g166)
But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result. (aiōnios g166)
