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So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving?

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What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

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What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

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Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more kindness and forgiveness?

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I should hope not! If we've left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there?

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By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

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

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Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?

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Or didn't you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace--a new life in a new land! That's what baptism into the life of Jesus means.

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Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

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Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

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Or have you forgotten that when we became Christians and were baptized to become one with Christ Jesus, we died with him?

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When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus.

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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 live a new life.

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Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

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For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

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Each of us is raised into a light-filled world by our Father so that we can see where we're going in our new grace-sovereign country.

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If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.

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For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

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Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised as he was.

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Could it be any clearer? Our old way of life was nailed to the Cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life--no longer at sin's every beck and call! What we believe is this:

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For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin--

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knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

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Our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.

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If we get included in Christ's sin-conquering death, we also get included in his life-saving resurrection.

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because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

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For he who has died has been freed from sin.

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For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.

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We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead it was a signal of the end of death-as-the-end. Never again will death have the last word.

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Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

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Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

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And since we died with Christ, we know we will also share his new life.

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When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us.

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For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

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knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.

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We are sure of this because Christ rose from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.

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From now on, think of it this way: Sin speaks a dead language that means nothing to you; God speaks your mother tongue, and you hang on every word. You are dead to sin and alive to God. That's what Jesus did.

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The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

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For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

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He died once to defeat sin, and now he lives for the glory of God.

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That means you must not give sin a vote in the way you conduct your lives. Don't give it the time of day.

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In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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So you should consider yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of God through Christ Jesus.

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Don't even run little errands that are connected with that old way of life. Throw yourselves wholeheartedly and full-time--remember, you've been raised from the dead!-into God's way of doing things.

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

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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

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Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to its lustful desires.

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Sin can't tell you how to live. After all, you're not living under that old tyranny any longer. You're living in the freedom of God.

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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.

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And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

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Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for sinning. Instead, give yourselves completely to God since you have been given new life. And use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God.

Rom.6.14

So, since we're out from under the old tyranny, does that mean we can live any old way we want? Since we're free in the freedom of God, can we do anything that comes to mind?

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For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

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For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

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Sin is no longer your master, for you are no longer subject to the law, which enslaves you to sin. Instead, you are free by God's grace.