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

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

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

May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?

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

Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been 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.

Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might 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 become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be 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 self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

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

for he who has died is freed from sin.

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

Now if we have died with 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 Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master 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 the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

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

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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 so that you obey its lusts,

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.

and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to 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

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under 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 law but under grace? May it never be!

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?

Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in 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.

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

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

and having been freed from sin, you became 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 am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.

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

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to 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.

Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome 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 having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal 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 free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.