Dead
To Sin, Alive In Christ
What
shall we say, then?
Shall
we go on Sinning so that Grace may increase?
2
BY NO MEANS!
WE
DIED TO SIN;
HOW
CAN WE LIVE IN IT ANY LONGER?
3
Or don't you know
That
all of us who were Baptized into Christ Jesus
Were
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 HAVE NEW LIFE.
5
IF WE HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH HIM IN HIS DEATH,
WE
WILL CERTAINLY BE UNITED WITH HIM
IN
HIS RESURRECTION.
6
FOR 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--
7
BECAUSE ANYONE WHO HAS DIED
HAS
BEEN FREED FROM SIN.
8
NOW IF WE 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 Mastery over Him.
10
THE DEATH HE DIED,
HE
DIED TO SIN ONCE FOR ALL;
BUT
THE LIFE HE LIVES,
HE
LIVES TO GOD.
11
IN THE SAME WAY,
COUNT
YOURSELVES DEAD TO SIN
BUT
ALIVE TO GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
12
Therefore do not let Sin Reign in your Mortal body
So
that you Obey its Evil Desires.
13
DO NOT OFFER THE PARTS OF YOUR BODY TO SIN,
AS INSTRUMENTS OF WICKEDNESS,
BUT
RATHER OFFER YOURSELVES TO GOD,
AS
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM DEATH TO LIFE;
AND
OFFER THE PARTS OF YOUR BODY TO HIM
AS
INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
FOR
SIN SHALL NOT BE YOUR MASTER,
BECAUSE
YOU ARE NOT UNDER LAW,
BUT
UNDER GRACE.
Slave
To Righteousness
15
What then?
Shall
we Sin because we are not Under Law
But
Under Grace?
BY
NO MEANS!
16
Don't you know
That
when you offer yourselves to someone
To
Obey him as Slaves,
YOU
ARE SLAVES TO THE ONE YOU OBEY--
Whether
you are Slaves to Sin,
Which
leads to Death,
Or
to Obedience,
Which
leads to Righteousness?
17
But thanks be to God
That,
though you used to be Slaves to Sin,
You
Wholeheartedly Obeyed the Form of Teaching
To
which you were Entrusted.
18
YOU HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN
AND
HAVE BECOME SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.
19
I put this in human terms
Because
you are weak in your Natural selves.
Just
as you used to Offer the parts of your body
IN
SLAVERY TO IMPURITY
AND
TO EVER INCREASING WICKEDNESS,
So
now Offer them in Slavery to Righteousness
Leading
to Holiness.
20
When you were Slaves to Sin,
You
were Free from the Control of Righteousness.
21
WHAT BENEFIT DID YOU REAP AT THAT TIME
FROM
THE THINGS YOU ARE NOW ASHAMED OF?
THOSE
THINGS RESULT IN DEATH!
22
BUT NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN
AND HAVE
BECOME SLAVES TO GOD,
THE
BENEFIT YOU REAP LEADS TO HOLINESS,
AND
THE RESULT IS ETERNAL LIFE.
21
FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH,
BUT
THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE
IN
CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
(Romans
6)
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