Verse 16
Romans 6:16
Bible in Basic English
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Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God (Elohim), the end being righteousness.
Original Language Text
greek
οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ᾧ παριστάνετε ἑαυτοὺς δούλους εἰς ὑπακοήν, δοῦλοί ἐστε ᾧ ὑπακούετε, ἤτοι ἁμαρτίας εἰς θάνατον ἢ ὑπακοῆς εἰς δικαιοσύνην;
English Translation
Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as servants for obedience, you are slaves to whom you obey, either of sin to death or of obedience to righteousness?
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Chapter 6 Context
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What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?
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In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
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Or are you without the knowledge that all we who had baptism into Christ Yashua (Jesus), had baptism...
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We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again...
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For, if we have been made like him in his death, we will, in the same way, be like him in his coming...
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Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin mig...
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Because he who is dead is free from sin.
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But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;
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Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the...
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For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God (Elohim).
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Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God (Elohim) in Christ Yashua (Jesus).
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For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you...
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And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God (Elo...
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For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.
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What then? are we to go on in sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be so.
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Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire?...
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But praise be to God (Elohim) that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselve...
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And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.
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I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servant...
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When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.
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What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such thin...
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But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God (Elohim), you have your fruit in...
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For the reward of sin is death; but what God (Elohim) freely gives is eternal life in Yashua (Jesus)...
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