Romans 6:2-23 ▼

2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

3 Or aren’t you⁺ aware that all of us who were baptized (submerged) into Christ (the Anointed One) Jesus (YHWH saves) were baptized into His death?

4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism (submersion) into death, in order that, just as Christ (the Anointed One) was raised from the dead through the glory {doxēs} of the Father, we too may 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 (rising again).

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.

7 For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

8 Now if we died with Christ (the Anointed One), we believe that we will also live with Him.

9 For we know that since Christ (the Anointed One) was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; 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 {Theō}.

11 So you⁺ too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God {Theō} in Christ (the Anointed One) Jesus (YHWH saves).

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your⁺ mortal body so that you obey its desires.

13 Do not present the parts of your⁺ body to sin as instruments of wickedness (unrighteousness), but present yourselves to God {Theō} as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your⁺ body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

14 For sin shall not be your⁺ master, because 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!

16 Do you⁺ not know that when you⁺ offer yourselves as obedient slaves {doulous}, you⁺ are slaves {douloi} to the one you⁺ obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

17 But thanks be to God {Theō} that, though you⁺ once were slaves {douloi} to sin, you⁺ wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching {didachēs} to which you⁺ were committed.

18 You⁺ have been set free from sin and 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 (uncleanness) and to escalating wickedness (iniquity), so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

20 For when you⁺ were slaves {douloi} to sin, you⁺ were free of obligation 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.

22 But now that you⁺ have been set free from sin and have become slaves {doulōthentes} to God {Theō}, the fruit you⁺ reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God {Theou} is eternal life in Christ (the Anointed One) Jesus (YHWH saves) our Lord {Kyriō}.