Romans 6:8-18

English Standard Version

⁸ Now ^(A)if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹ We know that ^(B)Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; ^(C)death no longer has dominion over him. ¹⁰ For the death he died he died to sin, ^(D)once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. ¹¹ So you also must consider yourselves ^(E)dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵ What then? ^(K)Are we to sin ^(L)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ¹⁶ Do you not know that if you present yourselves ^(M)to anyone as obedient slaves,^[a] 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 ^(N)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^(O)standard of teaching to which you were committed, ¹⁸ and, ^(P)having been set free from sin, ^(Q)have become slaves of righteousness.