Romans 6
Dead to Sin but Alive
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What shall we say then? Shall we continue
in sin, that grace may abound?
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God forbid. How shall we, that are dead
to sin, live any longer therein?
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Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
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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. Col. 2.12
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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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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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For he that is dead is freed from
sin.
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Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
that we shall also live with him:
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knowing that Christ being raised from the
dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
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For in that he died, he died unto sin
once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
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Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
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Let not sin therefore reign in your
mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
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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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For sin shall not have dominion over you:
for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
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Servants of
Righteousness |
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What then? shall we sin, because we are
not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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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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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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Being then made free from sin, ye became
the servants of righteousness.
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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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For when ye were the servants of sin,
ye were free from righteousness.
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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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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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For the wages of sin is death; but
the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
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