Romans 6
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Romans 6:15-23

15WhatG5101 thenG3767? 1Are we to sinG264 becauseG3754 we are not underG5259 2the LawG3551 but underG5259 graceG5485? 34FarG3361 fromG3361 it! 16Do you not 5knowG3609 that the one to whomG3739 you presentG3936 yourselvesG1438 as 6slavesG1401 for obedienceG5218, you are slavesG1401 of that same one whomG3739 you obeyG5219, eitherG2273 of 7sinG266 8resultingG1519 inG1519 deathG2288, orG2228 of obedienceG5218 9resultingG1519 inG1519 righteousnessG1343? 17But 10thanksG5485 be to GodG2316 that 11though you were slavesG1401 of sinG266, you becameG5219 obedientG5219 from the heartG2588 to that 1213formG5179 of teachingG1322 to whichG3739 you were entrustedG3860, 18and after being 14freedG1659 from sinG266, you becameG1402 slavesG1402 to righteousnessG1343. 1915I am speakingG3004 16inG442 humanG442 termsG442 becauseG1223 of the weaknessG769 of your fleshG4561. For justG5618 17as you presentedG3936 18the partsG3196 of your body as slavesG1400 to impurityG167 and to lawlessnessG458, 19resultingG1519 inG1519 further lawlessnessG458, soG3779 nowG3568 presentG3936 20your body’s partsG3196 as slavesG1400 to righteousnessG1343, 21resultingG1519 inG1519 sanctificationG38.

20For 22whenG3753 you were slavesG1401 of sinG266, you were freeG1658 in relation to righteousnessG1343. 21ThereforeG3767 whatG5101 2324benefitG2590 were you thenG5119 25derivingG2192 from the things of whichG3739 you areG1870 nowG3568 ashamedG1870? For the outcomeG5056 of thoseG1565 thingsG1565 is 26deathG2288. 22But nowG3570 having been 27freedG1659 from sinG266 and 28enslavedG1402 to GodG2316, you 29deriveG2192 your 3031benefitG2590, 32resultingG1519 inG1519 sanctificationG38, and 33the outcomeG5056, eternalG166 lifeG2222. 23For the wagesG3800 of 34sinG266 is deathG2288, but the graciousG5486 giftG5486 of GodG2316 is 35eternalG166 lifeG2222 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424 our LordG2962.

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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 6:15 Rom 6:1 ↩
  2. 2. Romans 6:15 Or law ↩
  3. 3. Romans 6:15 Lit May it never happen! ↩
  4. 4. Romans 6:15 Luke 20:16; Rom 6:2 ↩
  5. 5. Romans 6:16 Rom 11:2; 1 Cor 3:16; 5:6; 6:2, 3, 9, 15, 16, 19; 9:13, 24 ↩
  6. 6. Romans 6:16 John 8:34; 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
  7. 7. Romans 6:16 Rom 6:21, 23 ↩
  8. 8. Romans 6:16 Lit to death ↩
  9. 9. Romans 6:16 Lit to righteousness ↩
  10. 10. Romans 6:17 Rom 1:8; 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
  11. 11. Romans 6:17 Lit you were slaves...but you became ↩
  12. 12. Romans 6:17 Or pattern ↩
  13. 13. Romans 6:17 2 Tim 1:13 ↩
  14. 14. Romans 6:18 John 8:32; Rom 6:22; 8:2 ↩
  15. 15. Romans 6:19 Rom 3:5 ↩
  16. 16. Romans 6:19 I.e., reluctantly using slavery as an analogy ↩
  17. 17. Romans 6:19 Rom 6:13 ↩
  18. 18. Romans 6:19 Lit your parts as ↩
  19. 19. Romans 6:19 Lit to lawlessness ↩
  20. 20. Romans 6:19 Lit your parts as ↩
  21. 21. Romans 6:19 Lit to sanctification ↩
  22. 22. Romans 6:20 Matt 6:24; Rom 6:16 ↩
  23. 23. Romans 6:21 Lit fruit ↩
  24. 24. Romans 6:21 Jer 12:13; Ezek 16:63; Rom 7:5 ↩
  25. 25. Romans 6:21 Lit having ↩
  26. 26. Romans 6:21 Rom 1:32; 5:12; 6:16, 23; 8:6, 13; Gal 6:8 ↩
  27. 27. Romans 6:22 John 8:32; Rom 6:18; 8:2 ↩
  28. 28. Romans 6:22 1 Cor 7:22; 1 Pet 2:16 ↩
  29. 29. Romans 6:22 Lit have ↩
  30. 30. Romans 6:22 Lit fruit ↩
  31. 31. Romans 6:22 Rom 7:4 ↩
  32. 32. Romans 6:22 Lit to sanctification ↩
  33. 33. Romans 6:22 1 Pet 1:9 ↩
  34. 34. Romans 6:23 Rom 1:32; 5:12; 6:16, 21; 8:6, 13; Gal 6:8 ↩
  35. 35. Romans 6:23 Matt 25:46; Rom 5:21; 8:38, 39 ↩

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