Romans 6:13

Romans 6:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Context of Romans 6:13

11So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires, and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness. 14For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace. 15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

Romans 6:13 word by word

μηδὲ παριστάνετε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν ὅπλα ἀδικίας τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, ἀλλὰ παραστήσατε ἑαυτοὺς τῷ θεῷ ὡσεὶ ἐκ νεκρῶν ζῶντας καὶ τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν ὅπλα δικαιοσύνης τῷ θεῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neitherμηδέmēde · norG3366
• yield yeπαρίστημιparistēmi paristanō · to stand byG3936
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• membersὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• membersμέλοςmelos · memberG3196
• instrumentsὅπλονhoplon · weaponG3696
• of unrighteousnessἀδικίαadikia · unrighteousnessG93
• unto sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• yourselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• unto Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• those that are aliveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• of righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343

Cross-references for Romans 6:13

• Romans 6:16Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?
• Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful desires, aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.
• 1 Corinthians 6:15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
• Colossians 3:5So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
• James 3:5So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.
• James 4:1Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
• 2 Corinthians 10:4for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments
• Romans 1:29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
• Romans 2:8but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
• Deuteronomy 25:16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
• Isaiah 3:10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
• Isaiah 55:7The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
• Ezekiel 18:4Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:12And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.
• 2 Peter 2:13suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.

Commentaries on Romans 6:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Neither yield ye your members - Do not yield to temptation. It is no sin to be tempted, the sin lies in yielding. While the sin exists only in Satan's solicitation, it is the devil's sin, not ours: when we yield, we make the devil's sin our own: then we Enter Into temptation. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Satan himself cannot force you to sin: till he wins over your will, he cannot bring you into subjection. You may be tempted; but yield…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Neither yield ye your members - Do not give up, or devote, or employ your members, etc. The word “members” here refers to the members of the body - the hands, feet, tongue, etc. It is a specification of what in Romans 6:12 is included under the general term “body;” see Romans 7:5, Romans 7:23; 1 Corinthians 6:15; 1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 12:18, 1 Corinthians 12:20. As instruments - This word ̔ hoplaproperly signifies “arms;” or implements of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-15Verses 11-15 The strongest motives against sin, and to enforce holiness, are here stated. Being made free from the reign of sin, alive unto God, and having the prospect of eternal life, it becomes believers to be greatly concerned to advance thereto. But, as unholy lusts are not quite rooted out in this life, it must be the care of the Christian to resist their motions, earnestly striving, that, through Divine grace, they may not prevail in this mortal…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Neither yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto Sin, but yield yourselves--this is the great surrender. unto God as those that are alive from the dead, and--as the fruit of this. your members--till now prostituted to sin. instruments of righteousness unto God--But what if indwelling sin should prove too strong for us? The reply is: But it will not.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 6:13

• Consecration
• Holiness
• Life
• Regeneration
• Righteous
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Destroy
• Fruit
• Newness
• Obey
• Reign
• Sanctification
• Sin
• Wages

Commentaries on Romans 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings