Romans 6
New Catholic Bible
Death and Life with Christ[a]
Chapter 6
Baptized in Christ Jesus.[b] 1 What then shall we say? Should we persist in sin in order that grace may abound? 2 Of course not! We have died to sin. How can we live in it any longer? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Through that baptism into his death we were buried with him, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,[c] so we too might begin to live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall also be united with him in his resurrection. 6 We know that our old[d] self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For whoever has died has been freed from sin.
8 However, if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.[e] 9 We know that Christ, once raised from the dead, will never die again. Death no longer has power over him. 10 When he died, he died to sin once and for all. However, the life he lives, he lives for God. 11 In the same way, you must regard yourselves as being dead to sin and alive for God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore, do not allow sin to reign over your mortal body and make you obey its desires. 13 Nor should you present any part of your body as an instrument for wickedness leading to sin. Rather, present yourselves to God as having been raised from death to life and the parts of your body to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin is no longer to have any power over you, since you are not under the Law but under grace.
15 A Slave of Righteousness. What then? Should we sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? Of course not! 16 Do you not know that if you offer yourself as an obedient slave, you are the slave of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
17 Once you were slaves of sin, but, thanks be to God, you have become obedient in your heart to that pattern of teaching to which you have been delivered. 18 Now, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.
19 I am speaking in human terms because you are still weak human beings. For just as you once offered your bodies as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to greater iniquity, so now present them as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
20 When you were slaves of sin, you were free from the restraints of righteousness. 21 But what advantage did you get then from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 However, now that you have been freed from sin and bound to the service of God, the benefit you receive is sanctification, and the end is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift freely given by God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Footnotes
- Romans 6:1 Salvation is grace that transcends sin and the power of human beings or even of the Law. This passage urges us to reflect on the meaning of Baptism in the life of a Christian.
- Romans 6:1 In the History of Salvation, there is a unique event: the Death and Resurrection of Jesus; it is the departure for a new life. Through Baptism, the believer enters into this experience of Christ and shares its power. Baptism inaugurates a newness of life that will be brought to completion in the future.
- Romans 6:4 Glory of the Father: God who reveals his power and holiness.
- Romans 6:6 The adjective old has a precise meaning for Paul: it describes the reality of a sinful world that is closed against the new life that has its source in Christ (see 1 Cor 5:7-8; 2 Cor 3:14); the old self and the sinful body signify the human being as marked by sin (Gal 3:26-29).
- Romans 6:8 In the experience of Christ, resurrection followed upon death; hence, believers who die with Christ are raised to a new quality of moral life. This resurrection is already a fact, and it exerts itself more and more in the life of believers.
Romans 6
New King James Version
Dead to Sin, Alive to God
6 What shall we say then? (A)Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who (B)died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know that (C)as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus (D)were baptized into His death? 4 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.
5 (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, 6 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. 7 For (L)he who has died has been [b]freed from sin. 8 Now (M)if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 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
- Romans 6:6 rendered inoperative
- Romans 6:7 cleared
- Romans 6:11 consider
- Romans 6:13 Or weapons
- Romans 6:17 entrusted
- Romans 6:19 unto sanctification
- Romans 6:22 unto sanctification
- Romans 6:23 free gift
Romans 6
New International Version
Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
6 What shall we say, then?(A) Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?(B) 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(C) how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized(D) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 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)
5 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) 6 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)— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.(M)
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.(N) 9 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
- Romans 6:6 Or be rendered powerless
- Romans 6:23 Or through
罗马书 6
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
对罪死,在基督里活
6 这样,我们要怎么说呢?我们可以仍在罪中使恩典增多吗? 2 绝对不可!我们向罪死了的人,岂可仍在罪中活着呢? 3 难道你们不知道,我们这受洗归入基督耶稣的人,就是受洗归入他的死吗? 4 所以,我们藉着洗礼归入死,和他一同埋葬,是要我们行事为人都有新生的样子,像基督藉着父的荣耀从死人中复活一样。 5 我们若与他合一,经历与他一样的死,也将经历与他一样的复活。 6 我们知道,我们的旧人和他同钉十字架,使罪身灭绝,叫我们不再作罪的奴隶, 7 因为已死的人是脱离了罪。 8 我们若与基督同死,我们信也必与他同活, 9 因为知道基督既从死人中复活,就不再死,死也不再作他的主了。 10 他死了,是对罪死,只这一次;他活,是对 神活着。 11 这样,你们也要看自己对罪是死的,在基督耶稣里对 神却是活的。
12 所以,不要让罪在你们必死的身上掌权,使你们顺从身体的私欲。 13 也不要把你们的肢体献给罪作不义的工具,倒要像从死人中活着的人,把自己献给 神,并把你们的肢体献给 神作义的工具。 14 罪必不能作你们的主,因你们不在律法之下,而是在恩典之下。
义的奴仆
15 那又怎么样呢?我们在恩典之下,不在律法之下,就可以犯罪吗?绝对不可! 16 难道你们不知道,你们献自己作奴仆,顺从谁就作谁的奴仆吗?或作罪的奴隶,以至于死;或作顺服的奴仆,以至于成义。 17 感谢 神!因为你们从前虽然作罪的奴隶,现在却从心里顺服了所传给你们教导的典范。 18 你们既从罪里得了释放,就作了义的奴仆。 19 我因你们肉体的软弱,就以人的观点来说。你们从前怎样把肢体献给不洁不法作奴隶,以至于不法;现在也要照样将肢体献给义作奴仆,以至于成圣。 20 因为你们作罪的奴隶时,不被义所约束。 21 那么,你们现在所看为羞耻的事,当时有什么果子呢?那些事的结局就是死。 22 但如今,你们既从罪里得了释放,作了 神的奴仆,就结出果子,以至于成圣,那结局就是永生。 23 因为罪的工价乃是死;惟有 神的恩赐,在我们的主基督耶稣里,乃是永生。
Romani 6
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Il battesimo
6 Che diremo dunque? Continuiamo a restare nel peccato perché abbondi la grazia? 2 E' assurdo! Noi che gia siamo morti al peccato, come potremo ancora vivere nel peccato? 3 O non sapete che quanti siamo stati battezzati in Cristo Gesù, siamo stati battezzati nella sua morte? 4 Per mezzo del battesimo siamo dunque stati sepolti insieme a lui nella morte, perché come Cristo fu risuscitato dai morti per mezzo della gloria del Padre, così anche noi possiamo camminare in una vita nuova. 5 Se infatti siamo stati completamente uniti a lui con una morte simile alla sua, lo saremo anche con la sua risurrezione. 6 Sappiamo bene che il nostro uomo vecchio è stato crocifisso con lui, perché fosse distrutto il corpo del peccato, e noi non fossimo più schiavi del peccato. 7 Infatti chi è morto, è ormai libero dal peccato.
8 Ma se siamo morti con Cristo, crediamo che anche vivremo con lui, 9 sapendo che Cristo risuscitato dai morti non muore più; la morte non ha più potere su di lui. 10 Per quanto riguarda la sua morte, egli morì al peccato una volta per tutte; ora invece per il fatto che egli vive, vive per Dio. 11 Così anche voi consideratevi morti al peccato, ma viventi per Dio, in Cristo Gesù.
A servizio del peccato e a servizio della giustizia
12 Non regni più dunque il peccato nel vostro corpo mortale, sì da sottomettervi ai suoi desideri; 13 non offrite le vostre membra come strumenti di ingiustizia al peccato, ma offrite voi stessi a Dio come vivi tornati dai morti e le vostre membra come strumenti di giustizia per Dio. 14 Il peccato infatti non dominerà più su di voi poiché non siete più sotto la legge, ma sotto la grazia.
Il cristiano è liberato dal peccato
15 Che dunque? Dobbiamo commettere peccati perché non siamo più sotto la legge, ma sotto la grazia? E' assurdo! 16 Non sapete voi che, se vi mettete a servizio di qualcuno come schiavi per obbedirgli, siete schiavi di colui al quale servite: sia del peccato che porta alla morte, sia dell'obbedienza che conduce alla giustizia? 17 Rendiamo grazie a Dio, perché voi eravate schiavi del peccato, ma avete obbedito di cuore a quell'insegnamento che vi è stato trasmesso 18 e così, liberati dal peccato, siete diventati servi della giustizia.
19 Parlo con esempi umani, a causa della debolezza della vostra carne. Come avete messo le vostre membra a servizio dell'impurità e dell'iniquità a pro dell'iniquità, così ora mettete le vostre membra a servizio della giustizia per la vostra santificazione.
I frutti del peccato e della giustizia
20 Quando infatti eravate sotto la schiavitù del peccato, eravate liberi nei riguardi della giustizia. 21 Ma quale frutto raccoglievate allora da cose di cui ora vi vergognate? Infatti il loro destino è la morte. 22 Ora invece, liberati dal peccato e fatti servi di Dio, voi raccogliete il frutto che vi porta alla santificazione e come destino avete la vita eterna. 23 Perché il salario del peccato è la morte; ma il dono di Dio è la vita eterna in Cristo Gesù nostro Signore.
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