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

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

2 C ertainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

No, in no wise. How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?

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

Know ye not that all of us that are baptized into Jesus the Christ are baptized into his death?

4 T herefore 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.

For we are buried with him by baptism into death, that just as the Christ was raised up from the dead to the glory of the Father, likewise we also walk in newness of life.

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

For if we have been planted together in 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 was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

knowing this: that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed that we should not serve sin any longer.

7 F or he who has died has been freed from sin.

For he that is dead is justified from sin.

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

Now if we die with the Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him,

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

knowing that the Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more; death has no more dominion over him.

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

For he that is dead died unto sin once, and he that lives, lives unto God.

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

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

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

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

13 A nd 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.

Neither present your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, but present yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

14 F or sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God

So that sin shall have no dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

15 W hat then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!

What then? shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? No, in no wise.

16 D o 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?

Or know ye not that to whom ye present yourselves slaves to obey, his slaves ye are to whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death or of the obedience unto righteousness?

17 B ut 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.

Thank God that, although ye were the slaves of sin, ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine unto which ye are delivered;

18 A nd having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

and freed from sin, ye are become the slaves of righteousness.

19 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.

I speak a human thing because of the weakness of our flesh: that as ye presented your members to serve uncleanness and iniquity unto iniquity, likewise now present your members to serve righteousness unto holiness.

20 F or when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

For being previously the slaves of sin, now ye have been made the slaves of righteousness.

21 W hat fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

What fruit had ye then in those things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

22 B ut now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

But now freed from sin and made slaves to God, ye have as your fruit sanctification and as the end, everlasting life.

23 F or the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the wages of sin is death, but the grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.