Rom.6.1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom.6.1
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?
Rom.6.2
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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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?
Rom.6.3
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Rom.6.3
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?
Rom.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.
Rom.6.4
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.
Rom.6.4
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.
Rom.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:
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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.
Rom.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.
Rom.6.6
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.
Rom.6.7
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Rom.6.7
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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Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
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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.
Rom.6.9
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
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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.
Rom.6.10
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
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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.
Rom.6.11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom.6.11
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.
Rom.6.12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Rom.6.12
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.
Rom.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.
Rom.6.13
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.
Rom.6.13
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.
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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
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
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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?
Rom.6.14
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.
Rom.6.15
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Rom.6.15
Hardly. You know well enough from your own experience that there are some acts of so-called freedom that destroy freedom. Offer yourselves to sin, for instance, and it's your last free act. But offer yourselves to the ways of God and the freedom never quits. All your lives you've let sin tell you what to do.
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What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
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What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
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So since God's grace has set us free from the law, does this mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!
Rom.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?
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But thank God you've started listening to a new master,
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Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
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Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
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Don't you realize that whatever you choose to obey becomes your master? You can choose sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God and receive his approval.
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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.
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one whose commands set you free to live openly in his freedom!
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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.
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But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.
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Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you.
Rom.6.18
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Rom.6.18
I'm using this freedom language because it's easy to picture. You can readily recall, can't you, how at one time the more you did just what you felt like doing--not caring about others, not caring about God--the worse your life became and the less freedom you had? And how much different is it now as you live in God's freedom, your lives healed and expansive in holiness?
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You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
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And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
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Now you are free from sin, your old master, and you have become slaves to your new master, righteousness.
Rom.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.
Rom.6.19
As long as you did what you felt like doing, ignoring God, you didn't have to bother with right thinking or right living, or right anything for that matter.
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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.
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I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
Rom.6.19
I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters, because it is easy to understand. Before, you let yourselves be slaves of impurity and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be slaves of righteousness so that you will become holy.
Rom.6.20
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
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But do you call that a free life? What did you get out of it? Nothing you're proud of now. Where did it get you? A dead end.
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When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.
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For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
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In those days, when you were slaves of sin, you weren't concerned with doing what was right.
Rom.6.21
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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But now that you've found you don't have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way!
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What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
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What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
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And what was the result? It was not good, since now you are ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.
Rom.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.
Rom.6.22
Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God's gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.
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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.
Rom.6.22
But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.
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But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
Rom.6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom.6.23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom.6.23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom.6.23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom.6.23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
