1 What shall we say then? ver. 15;[ch. 3:8]Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can ver. 11;ch. 7:4,6;Gal. 2:19;Col. 2:20;3:3;1 Pet. 2:24we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us Gal. 3:27who have been baptized See Matt. 28:19into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were Col. 2:12buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as ver. 9;ch. 8:11;See Acts 2:24Christ was raised from the dead by [John 11:40;2 Cor. 13:4] the glory of the Father, we too might walk in 2 Cor. 5:17;Gal. 6:15;Eph. 4:23,24;Col. 3:10;[ch. 7:6]newness of life.
5 For [2 Cor. 4:10] if we have been united with him in Phil. 3:10,11;[Col. 2:12;3:1]a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that Eph. 4:22;Col. 3:9our old self6:6 Greek manGal. 2:20;5:24;6:14was crucified with him in order that [ch. 7:24]the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For 1 Pet. 4:1one who has died [ver. 18]has been set free6:7 Greek has been justified from sin. 8 Now 2 Tim. 2:11;[2 Cor. 4:10;13:4]if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Acts 13:34;Rev. 1:18Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; [ch. 5:14,17]death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, See Heb. 7:27once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves See ver. 2dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not ver. 14;Ps. 19:13;119:133;Mic. 7:19;[2 Cor. 5:17]sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 ch. 7:5;Col. 3:5Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ch. 12:1;1 Pet. 2:24;4:2present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For [ch. 8:2,12] sin See ver. 12will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
15 What then? ver. 1Are we to sin [1 Cor. 9:21]because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves [ver. 20; Matt. 6:24]; See John 8:34to anyone as obedient slaves,6:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse; also verses 17, 19 (twice), 20 you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But See ch. 1:8thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the [2 Tim. 1:13]standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, ver. 22;ch. 8:2;[ver. 7]; See John 8:32having been set free from sin, [ver. 22]have become slaves of righteousness. 19 See ch. 3:5I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For See ver. 13just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members [1 Cor. 9:27]as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
20 See ver. 16For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 ch. 7:5;[Jer. 12:13] But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things [2 Cor. 4:2] of which you are now ashamed? ch. 1:32;8:6,13;Prov. 14:12;Gal. 6:8For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you See ver. 18have been set free from sin and 1 Cor. 7:22;1 Pet. 2:16have become slaves of God, ch. 7:4the fruit you get leads to sanctification and 1 Pet. 1:9its end, eternal life. 23 [ch. 2:7]; See ch. 5:12For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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