1What[G5101] shall we say[G2046]then?[G3767] Shall we continue[G1961] in sin[G266], that[G2443]grace[G5485] may abound?[G4121]
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God forbid[G3361]. How[G4459] shall we, that[G3748] are dead[G599] to sin[G266], live[G2198] any longer[G2089]therein?[G1722]
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Know ye not[G50], that so[G3754] many of us[G3745] as were baptized[G907]into[G1519]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547] were baptized[G907]into[G1519]his[G846]death?[G2288]
4Therefore[G3767]we[G2249] are buried with[G4916]him[G846]by[G1223]baptism[G908]into[G1519]death[G2288]: that[G2443] like as[G5618]Christ[G5547] was raised up[G1453]from[G1537] the dead[G3498]by[G1223] the glory[G1391] of the Father[G3962], even so[G3779]we[G2249]also[G2532] should walk[G4043]in[G1722]newness[G2538] of life[G2222].
5For[G1063]if[G1487] we have been[G1096] planted together[G4854] in the likeness[G3667] of his[G846]death[G2288], we shall be[G2071]also[G235] in the likeness[G3667] of his[G846]resurrection[G386]:
6Knowing[G1097]this[G5124], that[G3754]our[G2257]old[G3820]man[G444] is crucified with[G4957] him, that[G2443] the body[G4983] of sin[G266] might be destroyed[G2673], that[G2443]henceforth[G3371]we[G2248]should[G1398]not[G3371]serve[G1398]sin[G266].
7For[G1063] he that is dead[G599] is freed[G1344]from[G575]sin[G266].
8Now[G1161]if[G1487] we be dead[G599]with[G4862]Christ[G5547], we believe[G4100]that[G3754] we shall[G4800]also[G2532]live[G4800]with[G4862]him[G846]:
9Knowing[G1492]that[G3754]Christ[G5547] being raised[G1453]from[G1537] the dead[G3498]dieth[G599] no more[G3765]; death[G2288]hath[G2961] no more[G3765] dominion over[G2961]him[G846].
10For[G3739] in that[G3739] he died[G599], he died[G599] unto sin[G266]once[G2178]: but[G1161] in that[G3739] he liveth[G2198], he liveth[G2198] unto God[G2316].
11Likewise[G3779]reckon[G3049]ye[G5210]also[G2532]yourselves[G1438] to be[G1511]dead[G3498]indeed[G3303] unto sin[G266], but[G1161]alive[G2198] unto God[G2316]through[G1722]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547]our[G2257]Lord[G2962].
12Let[G936]not[G3361]sin[G266]therefore[G3767]reign[G936]in[G1722]your[G5216]mortal[G2349]body[G4983], that[G1519] ye should obey[G5219]it[G846]in[G1722] the lusts[G1939]thereof[G846].
13Neither[G3366]yield[G3936]ye[G3936]your[G5216]members[G3196]as[G5613]instruments[G3696] of unrighteousness[G93] unto sin[G266]: but[G235]yield[G3936]yourselves[G1438] unto God[G2316], as[G5613] those that are alive[G2198]from[G1537] the dead[G3498], and[G2532]your[G5216]members[G3196]as[G5613]instruments[G3696] of righteousness[G1343] unto God[G2316].
14For[G1063]sin[G266]shall[G2961]not[G3756] have dominion over[G2961]you[G5216]: for[G1063] ye are[G2075]not[G3756]under[G5259] the law[G3551], but[G235]under[G5259]grace[G5485].
15What[G5101]then?[G3767] shall we sin[G264], because[G3754] we are[G2070]not[G3756]under[G5259] the law[G3551], but[G235]under[G5259]grace?[G5485] God forbid[G3361].
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Know ye[G1492]not[G3756], that[G3754]to[G1519]whom[G3739]ye[G1492]yield[G3936]yourselves[G1438]servants[G1401]to[G1519]obey[G5218], his servants[G1401]ye[G1492]are[G2075]to[G1519]whom[G3739]ye[G1492]obey[G5219]; whether[G2273] of sin[G266]unto[G1519]death[G2288], or[G2228] of obedience[G5218]unto[G1519]righteousness?[G1343]
17But[G1161]God[G2316] be thanked[G5485], that[G3754] ye were[G2258] the servants[G1401] of sin[G266], but[G1161] ye have obeyed[G5219]from[G1537] the heart[G2588]that[G3754]form[G5179] of doctrine[G1322]which[G1519] was delivered you[G3860].
18Being[G1659]then[G1161] made free[G1659]from[G575]sin[G266], ye became the servants[G1402] of righteousness[G1343].
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I speak[G3004] after the manner of men[G442]because[G1223] of the infirmity[G769] of your[G5216]flesh[G4561]: for[G1063]as[G5618] ye have yielded[G3936]your[G5216]members[G3196]servants[G1401] to uncleanness[G167]and[G2532] to iniquity[G458]unto[G1519]iniquity[G458]; even so[G3779]now[G3568]yield[G3936]your[G5216]members[G3196]servants[G1401] to righteousness[G1343]unto[G1519]holiness[G38].
20For[G1063]when[G3753] ye were[G2258] the servants[G1401] of sin[G266], ye were[G2258]free[G1658] from righteousness[G1343].
21What[G5101]fruit[G2590] had ye[G2192]then[G5119]in[G1909] those things[G1565]whereof[G3739]ye[G2192]are[G1870]now[G3568]ashamed?[G1870]for[G1063] the end[G5056] of those things[G1565] is death[G2288].
22But[G1161]now[G3570] being made free[G1659]from[G575]sin[G266], and[G1161] become servants[G1402] to God[G2316], ye have[G2192]your[G5216]fruit[G2590]unto[G1519]holiness[G38], and[G1161] the end[G5056]everlasting[G166]life[G2222].
23For[G1063] the wages[G3800] of sin[G266] is death[G2288]; but[G1161] the gift[G5486] of God[G2316] is eternal[G166]life[G2222]through[G1722]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547]our[G2257]Lord[G2962].