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Romans 6:16-7:6
New King James Version
Romans 6:16-7:6
New King James Version
16 Do you not know that (A)to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart (B)that form of doctrine to which you were [a]delivered. 18 And (C)having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness [b]for holiness.
20 For when you were (D)slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 (E)What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For (F)the end of those things is death. 22 But now (G)having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit [c]to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For (H)the wages of sin is death, but (I)the [d]gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Freed from the Law
7 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law [e]has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2 For (J)the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3 So then (K)if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. 4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become (L)dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should (M)bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law (N)were at work in our members (O)to bear fruit to death. 6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve (P)in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Footnotes
- Romans 6:17 entrusted
- Romans 6:19 unto sanctification
- Romans 6:22 unto sanctification
- Romans 6:23 free gift
- Romans 7:1 rules
Romans 6:16-7:6
New International Version
Romans 6:16-7:6
New International Version
16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey(A)—whether you are slaves to sin,(B) which leads to death,(C) or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God(D) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,(E) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching(F) that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin(G) and have become slaves to righteousness.(H)
19 I am using an example from everyday life(I) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(J) leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin,(K) you were free from the control of righteousness.(L) 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(M) 22 But now that you have been set free from sin(N) and have become slaves of God,(O) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(P) 23 For the wages of sin is death,(Q) but the gift of God is eternal life(R) in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.
Released From the Law, Bound to Christ
7 Do you not know, brothers and sisters(S)—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.(T) 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.(U) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(V) through the body of Christ,(W) that you might belong to another,(X) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[b](Y) the sinful passions aroused by the law(Z) were at work in us,(AA) so that we bore fruit for death.(AB) 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(AC) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(AD)
Footnotes
- Romans 6:23 Or through
- Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
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