aWhat shall we say
then
? Are we to bcontinue
in sin
so
that grace
may increase
?
aMay it never be! How
shall we who
bdied
to sin
still
live
in it?
Or do you not know
that all
of us who
have been abaptized
into bChrist
Jesus
have been baptized
into His death
?
Therefore we have been aburied
with Him through
baptism
into death
, so
that as Christ
was braised
from the dead
through
the cglory
of the Father
, so
we too
might walk
in dnewness
of life
.
For aif we have become
1united
with Him in the likeness
of His death
, certainly
we shall also
be 2in the likeness of His resurrection
,
knowing this
, that our aold
1self
was bcrucified
with Him, in order
that our cbody
of sin
might be 2done
away
with, so that we would no
longer
be slaves
to sin
;
for ahe who has died is 1freed
from sin
.
Now aif
we have died
with Christ
, we believe
that we shall also
live
with Him,
knowing that Christ
, having been araised
from the dead
, 1is never
to die
again
; bdeath
no
longer
is master
over
Him.
For the death that He died, He died
to sin
once
for all
; but the life
that He lives
, He lives
to God
.
Even so
consider
yourselves
to be adead
to sin
, but alive
to God
in Christ
Jesus
.
Therefore do not let sin
areign
in your mortal
body
so
that you obey
its lusts
,
and do not go on apresenting 1the members
of your body to sin
as 2instruments
of unrighteousness
; but bpresent
yourselves
to God
as those alive
from the dead
, and your members
as 2instruments
of righteousness
to God
.
For asin shall not bbe master
over
you, for cyou are not under
law
but dunder
grace
.
What then
? aShall we sin
because
we are not under
law
but under
grace
? bMay it never
be!
Do you not aknow that when
you present
yourselves
to someone
as bslaves
for obedience
, you are slaves
of the one whom
you obey
, either
of csin
1resulting
in death
, or
of obedience
2resulting
in righteousness
?
But athanks be to God
that 1though you were slaves
of sin
, you became
obedient
from the heart
to that bform
of teaching
to which
you were committed
,
and having been afreed from sin
, you became
slaves
of righteousness
.
aI am speaking in human
terms
because
of the weakness
of your flesh
. For just
bas you presented
your members
as slaves
to impurity
and to lawlessness
, 1resulting
in further lawlessness
, so
now
present
your members
as slaves
to righteousness
, 2resulting
in sanctification
.
For awhen you were slaves
of sin
, you were free
in regard to righteousness
.
Therefore what
1 abenefit
were you then
2deriving
3from the things of which
you are now
ashamed
? For the outcome
of those
things
is bdeath
.
But now having been afreed
from sin
and benslaved
to God
, you 1derive
your 2 cbenefit
, 3resulting
in sanctification
, and dthe outcome
, eternal
life
.
For the wages of asin
is death
, but the free
gift
of God
is beternal
life
in Christ
Jesus
our Lord
.