Romans 6
6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound?
6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin,
live any longer therein?
6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized
into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
6:4 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.
6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness
of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6:6 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.
6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that
we shall also live with him:
6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead
dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but
in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,
that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
6:13 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.
6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for
ye are not under the law, but under grace.
6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under
the law, but under grace? God forbid.
6:16 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?
6:17 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.
6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the
servants of righteousness.
6:19 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.
6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were
free from righteousness.
6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof
ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become
servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting
life.
6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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