Romans 7:6
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6 But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are enslaved in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the written code.(A)
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Romans 6:4
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4 Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.(A)
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2 Corinthians 3:6
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6 who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(A)
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Romans 7:4
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4 In the same way, my brothers and sisters, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.(A)
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Galatians 3:23-25
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23 Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be reckoned as righteous[a] by faith.(A) 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian,
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- 3.24 Or be justified
Galatians 2:19-20
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19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,(A) 20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,[a] who loved me and gave himself for me.(B)
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- 2.20 Or by faith in the Son of God
Colossians 3:10
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10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.(A)
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Galatians 4:4-5
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4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,(A) 5 in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.(B)
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Romans 6:22
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22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.(A)
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Romans 6:14-15
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14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.(A)
Slaves of Righteousness
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
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Galatians 6:15
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15 For[a] neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything!(A)
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- 6.15 Other ancient authorities add in Christ Jesus
Galatians 3:13
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13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”(A)—
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2 Corinthians 5:17
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17 So if anyone is in Christ, there[a] is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being![b](A)
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Romans 12:2
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2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.[a](A)
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- 12.2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
Romans 7:1
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An Analogy from Marriage
7 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only during that person’s lifetime?
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Romans 6:19
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19 I am speaking in human terms because of your limitations.[a] For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness, leading to even more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.(A)
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- 6.19 Gk the weakness of your flesh
Romans 6:11
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11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.(A)
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Romans 6:2
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2 By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?(A)
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Romans 2:27-29
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27 Then the physically uncircumcised person who keeps the law will judge you who, though having the written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law. 28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something external and physical.(A) 29 Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not the written code. Such a person receives praise not from humans but from God.(B)
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Romans 1:9
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9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel[a] of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers,(A)
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- 1.9 Gk my spirit in the gospel
Ezekiel 36:26
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26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.(A)
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Ezekiel 11:19
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19 I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them;[a] I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,(A)
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- 11.19 Heb mss Gk Syr Vg: MT you
Philippians 3:3
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3 For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God[a] and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh(A)—
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- 3.3 Other ancient authorities read worship God in spirit
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