⁵ For ^(A)if we have become ^[a]united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be ^[b]in the likeness of His resurrection, ⁶ knowing this, that our ^(B)old ^[c]self was ^(C)crucified with Him, in order that our ^(D)body of sin might be ^[d]done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; ⁷ for ^(E)the one who has died is ^[e]freed from sin.

⁸ Now ^(F)if we have died with Christ, we believe that ^(G)we shall also live with Him, ⁹ knowing that Christ, having been ^(H)raised from the dead, ^[f]is never to die again; ^(I)death no longer is master over Him. ¹⁰ For ^[g]the death that He died, He died to sin once for all time; but ^[h]the life that He lives, He lives to ^[i]God. ¹¹ So you too, consider yourselves to be ^(J)dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

¹² Therefore sin is not to ^(K)reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, ¹³ and do not go on ^(L)presenting ^[j]the parts of your body to sin as ^[k]instruments of unrighteousness; but ^(M)present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and ^[l]your body’s parts as ^[m]instruments of righteousness for God. ¹⁴ For ^(N)sin shall not ^(O)be master over you, for ^(P)you are not under ^[n]the Law but ^(Q)under grace.

¹⁵ What then? ^(R)Are we to sin because we are not under ^[o]the Law but under grace? ^[p](S)Far from it! ¹⁶ Do you not ^(T)know that the one to whom you present yourselves as ^(U)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of ^(V)sin ^[q]resulting in death, or of obedience ^[r]resulting in righteousness? ¹⁷ But ^(W)thanks be to God that ^[s]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that ^[t](X)form of teaching to which you were entrusted, ¹⁸ and after being ^(Y)freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.

⁵ Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith ^(A)supply ^(B)moral ^[a]excellence, and in your moral excellence, ^(C)knowledge, ⁶ and in your knowledge, ^(D)self-control, and in your self-control, ^(E)perseverance, and in your perseverance, ^(F)godliness, ⁷ and in your godliness, ^(G)brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor ^(H)unproductive in the true ^(I)knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.