1 W hat then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound?

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

2 F ar be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?

God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?

3 A re you ignorant that we, as many as have been baptised unto Christ Jesus, have been baptised unto his death?

Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

4 W e have been buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, in order that, even as Christ has been raised up from among dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

5 F or if we are become identified with in the likeness of his death, so also we shall be of resurrection;

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;

6 k nowing this, that our old man has been crucified with, that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

7 F or he that has died is justified from sin.

for he that hath died is justified from sin.

8 N ow if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him,

But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

9 k nowing that Christ having been raised up from among dead dies no more: death has dominion over him no more.

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.

10 F or in that he has died, he has died to sin once for all; but in that he lives, he lives to God.

For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

11 S o also ye, reckon yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

12 L et not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

13 N either yield your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive from among dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God.

neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

14 F or sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under law but under grace.

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

15 W hat then? should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Far be the thought.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.

16 K now ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to him whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

17 B ut thanks to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching into which ye were instructed.

But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;

18 N ow, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.

and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

19 I speak humanly on account of the weakness of your flesh. For even as ye have yielded your members in bondage to uncleanness and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now yield your members in bondage to righteousness unto holiness.

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.

20 F or when ye were bondmen of sin ye were free from righteousness.

For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.

21 W hat fruit therefore had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of them death.

What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

22 B ut now, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.

But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.

23 F or the wages of sin death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.