Romans 6
1 What, then, will we say? Will we continue in sin that grace may abound?
WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 Let it not be! We who died to sin—how will we still live in it?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Are you ignorant that we, as many as were immersed into Christ Jesus, were immersed into His death?
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 We were buried together, then, with Him through the immersion into death, that even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have become planted together to the likeness of His death, [so] we also will be of the resurrection;
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [Him], that the body of sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving sin,
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 for he who has died has been set free from sin.
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 And if we died with Christ, we believe that we also will live with Him,
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 knowing that Christ, having been raised up out of the dead, dies no more; death has no more lordship over Him;
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 for in that He died, He died to sin once, and in that He lives, He lives to God;
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 so also you, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, and living to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Do not let then sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 neither present your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 for sin will not have lordship over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? Will we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be!
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Have you not known that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, servants you are to him to whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17 And thanks to God, that you were servants of sin, and—were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were delivered up;
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 and having been freed from sin, you became servants to righteousness.
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak in a human [way], because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as you presented your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness—to the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to righteousness—to sanctification,
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20 for when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21 What fruit, therefore, were you having then, in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [is] death.
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
