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1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
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What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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May it never be! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
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Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
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Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
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For if we have become identified with [him] in the likeness of his death, certainly also we will be [identified with him in the likeness] of [his] resurrection,
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
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knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
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For the one who has died has been freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
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Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
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knowing that Christ, [because he] has been raised from the dead, is going to die no more, death no longer being master over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
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For that [death] he died, he died to sin once and never again, but that [life] he lives, he lives to God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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So also you, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that [you] obey its desires,
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
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and do not present your members to sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God [as] instruments of righteousness.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
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For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
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Do you not know that to whomever you present yourselves [as] slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whomever you obey, whether sin, [leading] to death, or obedience, [leading] to righteousness?
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
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But thanks [be] to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted,
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
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and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members [as] slaves to immorality and lawlessness, [leading] to lawlessness, so now present your members [as] slaves to righteousness, [leading] to sanctification.
20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
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For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
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But now, having been set free from sin and having been enslaved to God, you have your fruit [leading] to sanctification, and its end [is] eternal life.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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For the compensation due sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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