Heirs with Christ

¹² So then, brothers,^[a] we are debtors, ^(A)not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

² By no means! How can ^(A)we who died to sin still live in it? ³ Do you not know that all of us ^(B)who have been baptized ^(C)into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were ^(D)buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as ^(E)Christ was raised from the dead by ^(F)the glory of the Father, we too might walk in ^(G)newness of life.

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

¹² Let not ^(T)sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. ^13 (U)Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ^(V)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 ^(W)sin ^(X)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵ What then? ^(Y)Are we to sin ^(Z)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!

¹⁹ Or ^(A)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^(B)You are not your own, ^20 (C)for you were bought with a price. ^(D)So glorify God in your body.

^2 (A)so as to live for ^(B)the rest of the time in the flesh ^(C)no longer for human passions but ^(D)for the will of God. ³ For the time that is past ^(E)suffices ^(F)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.