Romans 6:15-19

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

This Does Not Mean We Should Sin Because We Are Not Under Law, But Under Grace

¹⁵ Therefore, what? Should we sin^[a] because we are not under the Law but under grace? May it never be!

You Were Freed From Slavery To Sin. So Present Yourselves As Slaves of Righteousness

¹⁶ Do you not know that to whom you are presenting yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whom you are obeying— whether slaves of sin leading-to^[b] death, or slaves of obedience leading-to righteousness? ¹⁷ But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you obeyed from the heart the form^[c] of teaching to which you were delivered. ¹⁸ And having been set-free from sin, you were enslaved^[d] to righteousness ¹⁹ (I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh). For just as you presented your body-parts as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading-to lawlessness, so now present your body-parts as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.