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Romans 6

Believers Are Dead to Sin, Alive to God

1 ^aWhat shall we say then? Are we to ^bcontinue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 ^{▼▼Lit May it never happen!
,} ^dFar from it! How shall we who ^edied to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been ^fbaptized into ^gChrist Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been ^hburied with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was ⁱraised from the dead through the ^jglory of the Father, so we too may walk in ^knewness of life. 5 For ^lif we have become ^{▼▼Or united with the likeness}united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be ^{▼▼Or with}in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our ^oold ^{▼▼Lit person (Gr anthropos)}self was ^qcrucified with Him, in order that our ^rbody of sin might be ^{▼▼Or made powerless}done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for ^tthe one who has died is ^{▼▼Or acquitted}freed from sin.

8 Now ^vif we have died with Christ, we believe that ^wwe shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been ^xraised from the dead, ^{▼▼Lit no longer dies}is never to die again; ^zdeath no longer is master over Him. 10 For ^{▼▼Lit that which He died}the death that He died, He died to sin once for all time; but ^{▼▼Lit that which He lives}the life that He lives, He lives to ^{▼▼I.e., the Father}God. 11 So you too, consider yourselves to be ^addead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

12 Therefore sin is not to ^aereign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on ^afpresenting ^{▼▼Lit your parts to sin}the parts of your body to sin as ^{▼▼Or weapons}instruments of unrighteousness; but ^aipresent yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and ^{▼▼Lit your parts as}your body’s parts as ^{▼▼Or weapons}instruments of righteousness for God. 14 For ^alsin shall not ^ambe master over you, for ^anyou are not under ^{▼▼Or law}the Law but ^apunder grace.

15 What then? ^aqAre we to sin because we are not under ^{▼▼Or law}the Law but under grace? ^{▼▼Lit May it never happen!
,} ^atFar from it! 16 Do you not ^auknow that the one to whom you present yourselves as ^avslaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of ^awsin ^{▼▼Lit to death}resulting in death, or of obedience ^{▼▼Lit to righteousness}resulting in righteousness? 17 But ^azthanks be to God that ^{▼▼Lit you were slaves...but you became}though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that ^{▼▼Or pattern
,} ^bcform of teaching to which you were entrusted, 18 and after being ^bdfreed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness. 19 ^beI am speaking ^{▼▼I.e., reluctantly using slavery as an analogy}in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just ^bgas you presented ^{▼▼Lit your parts as}the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, ^{▼▼Lit to lawlessness}resulting in further lawlessness, so now present ^{▼▼Lit your parts as}your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, ^{▼▼Lit to sanctification}resulting in sanctification.

20 For ^blwhen you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness. 21 Therefore what ^{▼▼Lit fruit
,} ^bnbenefit were you then ^{▼▼Lit having}deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is ^bpdeath. 22 But now having been ^bqfreed from sin and ^brenslaved to God, you ^{▼▼Lit have}derive your ^{▼▼Lit fruit
,} ^bubenefit, ^{▼▼Lit to sanctification}resulting in sanctification, and ^bwthe outcome, eternal life. 23 For the wages of ^bxsin is death, but the gracious gift of God is ^byeternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.