Romans 5:15-6:12

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵ But ^[a]the gracious gift is not like the offense. For if by the offense of ^(A)the one ^(B)the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by ^(C)the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many. ¹⁶ The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand ^(D)the judgment arose from one offense, ^[b]resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the gracious gift arose from many offenses, ^[c]resulting in justification. ¹⁷ For if by the offense of the one, death reigned ^(E)through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness ^(F)reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ So then, as through ^(G)one offense ^[d]the result was condemnation to all mankind, so also through one ^(H)act of righteousness ^[e]the result was ^(I)justification of life to all mankind. ¹⁹ For as through the one man’s disobedience ^(J)the many ^(K)were made sinners, so also through ^(L)the obedience of the One ^(M)the many will be made righteous. ^20 [f](N)The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, ^(O)grace abounded all the more, ²¹ so that, as ^(P)sin reigned in death, so also ^(Q)grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Believers Are Dead to Sin, Alive to God

6 ^(R)What shall we say then? Are we to ^(S)continue in sin so that grace may increase? ^2 [g](T)Far from it! How shall we who ^(U)died to sin still live in it? ³ Or do you not know that all of us who have been ^(V)baptized into ^(W)Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? ⁴ Therefore we have been ^(X)buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was ^(Y)raised from the dead through the ^(Z)glory of the Father, so we too may walk in ^(AA)newness of life. ⁵ For ^(AB)if we have become ^[h]united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be ^[i]in the likeness of His resurrection, ⁶ knowing this, that our ^(AC)old ^[j]self was ^(AD)crucified with Him, in order that our ^(AE)body of sin might be ^[k]done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; ⁷ for ^(AF)the one who has died is ^[l]freed from sin.

⁸ Now ^(AG)if we have died with Christ, we believe that ^(AH)we shall also live with Him, ⁹ knowing that Christ, having been ^(AI)raised from the dead, ^[m]is never to die again; ^(AJ)death no longer is master over Him. ¹⁰ For ^[n]the death that He died, He died to sin once for all time; but ^[o]the life that He lives, He lives to ^[p]God. ¹¹ So you too, consider yourselves to be ^(AK)dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

¹² Therefore sin is not to ^(AL)reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,