Romans 6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The New Life in Christ
6 What should we say then?(A) Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?(B) 2 Absolutely not!(C) How can we who died to sin(D) still live in it? 3 Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized(E) into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?(F) 4 Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death,(G) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(H) by the glory of the Father,(I) so we too may walk in a new way[a] of life.(J) 5 For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death,(K) we will certainly also be[b] in the likeness of His resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self[c](L) was crucified with Him(M) in order that sin’s dominion over the body[d] may be abolished,(N) so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, 7 since a person who has died(O) is freed[e] from sin’s claims.[f] 8 Now if we died with Christ,(P) we believe that we will also live with Him, 9 because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead,(Q) will not die again. Death no longer rules over Him.(R) 10 For in light of the fact that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in light of the fact that He lives, He lives to God. 11 So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin(S) but alive to God in Christ Jesus.[g]
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey[h] its desires. 13 And do not offer any parts[i] of it to sin(T) as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God,(U) and all the parts[j] of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under law(V) but under grace.(W)
From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace?(X) Absolutely not!(Y) 16 Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone[k] as obedient slaves,(Z) you are slaves of that one you obey(AA)—either of sin leading to death(AB) or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin,(AC) you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred[l] to,(AD) 18 and having been liberated from sin,(AE) you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am using a human analogy[m](AF) because of the weakness of your flesh.[n] For just as you offered the parts[o] of yourselves as slaves to moral impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from allegiance to righteousness.[p](AG) 21 So what fruit was produced[q] then from the things you are now ashamed of?(AH) For the end of those things is death.(AI) 22 But now, since you have been liberated from sin and have become enslaved to God,(AJ) you have your fruit, which results in sanctification[r](AK)—and the end is eternal life!(AL) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(AM)
Footnotes
- Romans 6:4 Or in newness
- Romans 6:5 Be joined with Him
- Romans 6:6 Lit man; = the person before conversion
- Romans 6:6 Lit that the body of sin
- Romans 6:7 Or justified; lit acquitted
- Romans 6:7 Lit from sin
- Romans 6:11 Other mss add our Lord
- Romans 6:12 Other mss add sin (lit it) in
- Romans 6:13 Or members
- Romans 6:13 Or members
- Romans 6:16 Lit that to whom you offer yourselves
- Romans 6:17 Or entrusted
- Romans 6:19 Lit I speak humanly; Paul is personifying sin and righteousness as slave masters.
- Romans 6:19 Or your human nature
- Romans 6:19 Or members
- Romans 6:20 Lit free to righteousness
- Romans 6:21 Lit what fruit do you have
- Romans 6:22 Or holiness
Romans 6
New English Translation
The Believer’s Freedom from Sin’s Domination
6 What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase? 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.[a]
5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.[b] 6 We know that[c] our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us,[d] so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 (For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)[e]
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know[f] that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die[g] again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all, but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 So you too consider yourselves[h] dead to sin, but[i] alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires, 13 and do not present your members to sin as instruments[j] to be used for unrighteousness,[k] but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments[l] to be used for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.
The Believer’s Enslavement to God’s Righteousness
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves[m] as obedient slaves,[n] you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?[o] 17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed[p] from the heart that pattern[q] of teaching you were entrusted to, 18 and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 (I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.)[r] For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
21 So what benefit[s] did you then reap[t] from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now, freed[u] from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit[v] leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life. 23 For the payoff[w] of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Footnotes
- Romans 6:4 tn Grk “may walk in newness of life,” in which ζωῆς (zōēs) functions as an attributed genitive (see ExSyn 89-90, where this verse is given as a prime example).
- Romans 6:5 tn Grk “we will certainly also of his resurrection.”
- Romans 6:6 tn Grk “knowing this, that.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- Romans 6:6 tn Grk “may be rendered ineffective, inoperative,” or possibly “may be destroyed.” The term καταργέω (katargeō) has various nuances. In Rom 7:2 the wife whose husband has died is freed from the law (i.e., the law of marriage no longer has any power over her, in spite of what she may feel). A similar point seems to be made here (note v. 7).
- Romans 6:7 sn Verse 7 forms something of a parenthetical comment in Paul’s argument.
- Romans 6:9 tn Grk “knowing.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- Romans 6:9 tn The present tense here has been translated as a futuristic present (see ExSyn 536, where this verse is listed as an example).
- Romans 6:11 tc ‡ Some Alexandrian and Byzantine mss (P94vid א* B C 81 365 1506 1739 1881) have the infinitive “to be” (εἶναι, einai) following “yourselves”. The infinitive is lacking from some mss of the Alexandrian and Western textual clusters (P46vid A D*,c F G 33). The infinitive is found elsewhere in the majority of Byzantine mss, suggesting a scribal tendency toward clarification. The lack of infinitive best explains the rise of the other readings. The meaning of the passage is not significantly altered by inclusion or omission, but on internal grounds omission is more likely. NA28 includes the infinitive in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.
- Romans 6:11 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.
- Romans 6:13 tn Or “weapons, tools.”
- Romans 6:13 tn Or “wickedness, injustice.”
- Romans 6:13 tn Or “weapons, tools.”
- Romans 6:16 tn Grk “to whom you present yourselves.”
- Romans 6:16 tn Grk “as slaves for obedience.” See the note on the word “slave” in 1:1.
- Romans 6:16 tn Grk “either of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness.”
- Romans 6:17 tn Grk “you were slaves of sin but you obeyed.”
- Romans 6:17 tn Or “type, form.”
- Romans 6:19 tn Or “because of your natural limitations” (NRSV). sn Verse 19 forms something of a parenthetical comment in Paul’s argument.
- Romans 6:21 tn Grk “fruit.”
- Romans 6:21 tn Grk “have,” in a tense emphasizing their customary condition in the past.
- Romans 6:22 tn The two aorist participles translated “freed” and “enslaved” are causal in force; their full force is something like “But now, since you have become freed from sin and since you have become enslaved to God….”
- Romans 6:22 tn Grk “fruit.”
- Romans 6:23 tn A figurative extension of ὀψώνιον (opsōnion), which refers to a soldier’s pay or wages. Here it refers to the end result of an activity, seen as something one receives back in return. In this case the activity is sin, and the translation “payoff” captures this thought. See also L&N 89.42.
Romerne 6
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Synden har ikke magten længere
6 „Skal vi så ikke fortsætte med at synde, så Guds nåde kan blive endnu større?” er der måske nogle, der vil spørge. 2 Nej, bestemt ikke! Det er da meningsløst at fortsætte et syndigt liv, når synden ikke længere har magten over os! 3 Ved I ikke, at alle vi, der er døbt til at tilhøre Jesus, vores Frelser, blev ét med ham i hans død? 4 Jesus døde og blev begravet, men fik nyt liv ved Guds kraft. På samme måde er vores gamle liv dødt, og det blev begravet, da vi blev døbt, for at vi skulle leve et helt nyt liv. 5 Vi blev ét med Jesus i dåben. Da vi altså er ét med ham i en død, der ligner hans, skal vi også være ét med ham i et liv, der ligner hans. 6 Vi ved, at vores gamle levevis er korsfæstet med Kristus, så synden ikke længere har ret til at regere over os. Derfor er vi ikke længere slaver af synden. 7 Den, som er død, er nemlig løst fra syndens herredømme.
8 Vi døde sammen med Kristus. Derfor tror vi på, at vi også skal leve sammen med ham. 9 Vi ved, at Kristus blev oprejst fra de døde og aldrig dør igen. Døden har intet at skulle have sagt over ham. 10 Ved sin død gjorde han sig én gang for alle fri af synden, og det liv, han nu lever, lever han for Gud.
11 Husk på, at I er sluppet fri af syndens herredømme. Derfor kan I nu sammen med Kristus leve for Gud. 12 Selvom I stadig er dødelige mennesker, må I ikke lade synden regere i jeres liv, så I adlyder jeres syndige tilbøjeligheder. 13 Lad jer ikke rive med af ondskaben og uretfærdigheden. Nej, nu da I er gået over fra døden til livet, skal I stille jer til rådighed for Gud og gøre det, som er godt og ret. 14 Synden skal ikke herske over jer, for I lever ikke under loven, men under Guds nåde.
Synd straffes med døden, men Gud skænker livet
15 „Skal vi så bare synde løs, fordi vi ikke lever under loven, men under Guds nåde?” spørger nogen måske. På ingen måde! 16 Ved I ikke, at hvis man lader sig styre af noget, bliver man slave af det? Lader du synden styre dit liv, fører det til død. Men lader du lydighed mod Gud styre dit liv, fører det til Guds accept og velbehag. 17 I har været slaver af synden, men Gud ske tak, at I med liv og sjæl er blevet lydige mod den undervisning, I har modtaget. 18 I er løst fra syndens slaveri og er nu ivrige efter at gøre det, som er ret. 19 Jeg bruger disse menneskelige billeder om slaveri for at hjælpe jer, da I stadig er svage i troen. Før i tiden var I behersket af urene tanker og onde handlinger, som førte til et udsvævende liv. Men nu skal jeres liv være kendetegnet af rene tanker og gode gerninger.
20 Dengang I var slaver af synden, tænkte I ikke på, om det, I gjorde, var godt i Guds øjne. 21 Hvad førte det jer ud i? Kun ting, som I nu skammer jer over. Sådan et liv ender nemlig med død. 22 Nu, da I er løst fra syndens lænker og er kommet ind i et lydighedsforhold til Gud, fører det til et liv, som Gud kan acceptere, og det ender med evigt liv. 23 Synd straffes med døden, men Gud skænker det evige liv gennem Jesus, vores Frelser og Herre.
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