Romans 6:5-18

English Standard Version

⁵ For ^(A)if we have been united with him in ^(B)a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶ We know that ^(C)our old self^{[a] (D)}was crucified with him in order that ^(E)the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. ⁷ For ^(F)one who has died ^(G)has been set free^[b] from sin. ⁸ Now ^(H)if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹ We know that ^(I)Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; ^(J)death no longer has dominion over him. ¹⁰ For the death he died he died to sin, ^(K)once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. ¹¹ So you also must consider yourselves ^(L)dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

¹² Let not ^(M)sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. ^13 (N)Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ^(O)present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. ¹⁴ For ^(P)sin ^(Q)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵ What then? ^(R)Are we to sin ^(S)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ¹⁶ Do you not know that if you present yourselves ^(T)to anyone as obedient slaves,^[c] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? ¹⁷ But ^(U)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^(V)standard of teaching to which you were committed, ¹⁸ and, ^(W)having been set free from sin, ^(X)have become slaves of righteousness.