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Muertos al pecado, vivos en Cristo

¿Qué podemos decir? ¿Seguiremos pecando para que el amor gratuito de Dios abunde aún más?

¡Por supuesto que no! Los que ya hemos muerto para el pecado, ¿cómo vamos a seguir viviendo en pecado?

¿No saben ustedes que cuando nos unimos a Cristo en el bautismo fue como si hubiéramos muerto con él? En realidad, nuestra vieja naturaleza quedó sepultada con Jesús en el bautismo. Y así como Dios el Padre, con su poder glorioso, lo volvió a la vida, también así a nosotros nos levantó para que viviéramos una nueva vida.

Pues si fuimos injertados en Cristo cuando él murió, de la misma manera participamos con él en su resurrección. Sabemos que nuestra vieja naturaleza pecaminosa fue clavada en la cruz junto con Cristo; de esta manera, ya no está bajo el dominio del pecado, ni tiene que someterse a la esclavitud del pecado, porque al morir quedamos libres de su dominio.

Y por cuanto nuestra naturaleza pecadora murió con Cristo, creemos que también compartiremos su nueva vida.

Sabemos que Cristo resucitó y jamás volverá a morir. La muerte no ejercerá sobre él poder alguno.

10 Cuando Cristo murió, murió de una vez por todas al poder del pecado; pero ahora vive para Dios. 11 Así también ustedes, considérense muertos a la vieja naturaleza pecadora, y vivan para Dios unidos a Cristo Jesús nuestro Señor.

12 No dejen que el pecado domine su cuerpo mortal; no lo obedezcan siguiendo sus malos deseos. 13 No entreguen ninguna parte de su cuerpo al pecado para que se convierta en instrumento del mal. Más bien, entréguense por completo a Dios, como quienes ya han muerto y han vuelto a vivir. Y preséntenle sus miembros como instrumentos para la justicia.

14 ¡Que el pecado no vuelva a dominarlos! Ya no estamos atados a la ley; ahora vivimos bajo la gracia de Dios.

Esclavos de la justicia

15 Entonces, como ya no vivimos bajo la ley sino bajo la gracia de Dios, ¿podemos pecar?

¡Claro que no!

16 ¿No comprenden que si ustedes se entregan a alguien como esclavos, los esclavizará para que le sirvan? Pueden escoger hacer: el pecado y morir, u obedecer y ser justos.

17 Pero gracias a Dios que, si bien antes eran esclavos del pecado, ya están obedeciendo de todo corazón las enseñanzas que Dios les ha dado. 18 Ya están libres del pecado y han pasado a servir a la justicia.

19 Les hablo usando este ejemplo para que me entiendan mejor. Así como presentaron sus cuerpos para servir a la maldad y a la impureza, ahora deben entregar sus cuerpos para servir a la justicia y ser más santos.

20 En aquellos días en que eran esclavos del pecado, no estaban al servicio de la justicia.

21 ¿Con qué resultado?

No muy bueno, por cierto; y por eso se avergüenzan ahora al pensar en lo que antes hacían, que les llevaba a la muerte.

22 Mas ahora están libres del pecado y son esclavos de Dios. Esto les trae como beneficio la santidad y como fin la vida eterna.

23 Porque si bien la paga del pecado es muerte, el regalo que nos da Dios es vida eterna a través de Jesucristo nuestro Señor.

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

What shall we say, then?(A) Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?(B) By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(C) how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized(D) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(E) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(F) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(G)

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.(H) For we know that our old self(I) was crucified with him(J) so that the body ruled by sin(K) might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin(L) because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.(M)

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.(N) For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,(O) he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.(P) 10 The death he died, he died to sin(Q) once for all;(R) but the life he lives, he lives to God.

11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin(S) but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign(T) in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(U) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.(V) 14 For sin shall no longer be your master,(W) because you are not under the law,(X) but under grace.(Y)

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?(Z) By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey(AA)—whether you are slaves to sin,(AB) which leads to death,(AC) or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God(AD) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,(AE) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching(AF) that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin(AG) and have become slaves to righteousness.(AH)

19 I am using an example from everyday life(AI) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(AJ) leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin,(AK) you were free from the control of righteousness.(AL) 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(AM) 22 But now that you have been set free from sin(AN) and have become slaves of God,(AO) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(AP) 23 For the wages of sin is death,(AQ) but the gift of God is eternal life(AR) in[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 6:6 Or be rendered powerless
  2. Romans 6:23 Or through

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

What shall we say then? (A)Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who (B)died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that (C)as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus (D)were baptized into His death? Therefore we were (E)buried with Him through baptism into death, that (F)just as Christ was raised from the dead by (G)the glory of the Father, (H)even so we also should walk in newness of life.

(I)For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that (J)our old man was crucified with Him, that (K)the body of sin might be [a]done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For (L)he who has died has been [b]freed from sin. Now (M)if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that (N)Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, (O)He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, (P)He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, [c]reckon yourselves to be (Q)dead indeed to sin, but (R)alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

12 (S)Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your (T)members as [d]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but (U)present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For (V)sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God

15 What then? Shall we sin (W)because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that (X)to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart (Y)that form of doctrine to which you were [e]delivered. 18 And (Z)having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness [f]for holiness.

20 For when you were (AA)slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 (AB)What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For (AC)the end of those things is death. 22 But now (AD)having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit [g]to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For (AE)the wages of sin is death, but (AF)the [h]gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 6:6 rendered inoperative
  2. Romans 6:7 cleared
  3. Romans 6:11 consider
  4. Romans 6:13 Or weapons
  5. Romans 6:17 entrusted
  6. Romans 6:19 unto sanctification
  7. Romans 6:22 unto sanctification
  8. Romans 6:23 free gift