Verse 16
Romans 6:16
New Living Translation
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Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God (Elohim), which leads to righteous living.
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?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
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Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God (Elohim) can show us more and more of his wonderful...
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Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
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Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Yashua (Jesus) in baptism, we joined him...
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For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by t...
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Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.
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We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in ou...
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For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
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And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.
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We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no l...
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10
When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory...
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11
So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God (Elohim) thro...
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12
Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
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13
Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves...
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14
Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you...
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15
Well then, since God (Elohim)’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinn...
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16
Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to si...
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Thank God (Elohim)! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we ha...
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18
Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.
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Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you und...
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20
When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right.
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21
And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eterna...
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But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God (Elohim). Now you do those...
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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God (Elohim) is eternal life through Christ Yash...
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