Verse 12
Romans 6:12
Free Bible Version
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So then, should we sin because we're not under law, but under Grace? Of course not!
Original Language Text
greek
Μὴ οὖν βασιλευέτω ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῷ θνητῷ ὑμῶν σώματι εἰς τὸ ⸀ὑπακούειν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ,
English Translation
Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body to obey its desires.
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Chapter 6 Context
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So what's our response? Should we continue to sin so we can have even more grace?
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Of course not! Since we're already dead to sin, how can we continue to live in sin?
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Don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Yashua (Jesus) were baptized into his de...
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If we've become one with him in dying like he did, then we'll be raised like him too.
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Since we died with Christ, we have confidence that we will also live with him,
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for we know that because Christ has been raised from the dead he won't ever die, because death has n...
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In dying, he died to sin once and for all, but now he lives, and he lives for God (Elohim)!
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In just the same way you should consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God (Elohim) through C...
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Don't let sin have control over your mortal body, don't give in to its temptations,
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and don't use any parts of your body as evil tools of sin. Instead dedicate yourselves to God (Elohi...
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Sin won't rule over you, because you're not under law but under grace.
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So then, should we sin because we're not under law, but under grace? Of course not!
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Don't you realize that if you make yourselves someone's slaves, obeying their orders, then you are s...
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Thank God (Elohim) that though you once were slaves to sin, you whole-heartedly chose to follow the...
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Now that you've been freed from sin, you've become slaves of doing what is morally right.
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I'm using this everyday example because your human thinking is limited. Just as you once enslaved yo...
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But what were the results back then? Aren't you ashamed of the things you did? Such things that lead...
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But now that you're set free from sin, and have become God (Elohim)'s slaves, the results will be a...
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The wage sin pays is death, but God (Elohim)'s free gift is eternal life through Christ Yashua (Jesu...
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