Dual Panel1What <5101> shall we say <2046> then <3767>? Are we to remain <1961> in sin <266> so that <2443> grace <5485> may increase <4121>?
2Absolutely <1096> not <3361>! How <4459> can we <599> who <3748> died <599> to sin <266> still <2089> live <2198> in <1722> it <846>?
3Or <2228> do you not know <50> that <3754> as many as <3745> were baptized <907> into <1519> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424> were baptized <907> into <1519> his <846> death <2288>?
4Therefore <3767> we have been buried <4916> with him <846> through <1223> baptism <908> into <1519> death <2288>, in order that <2443> just as <5618> Christ <5547> was raised <1453> from <1537> the dead <3498> through <1223> the glory <1391> of the Father <3962>, so <3779> we <2249> too <2532> may live <4043> a new <2538> life <2222>.
5For <1063> if <1487> we have become <1096> united <4854> with him in the likeness <3667> of his <846> death <2288>, we will <1510> certainly also be <1510> united in the likeness of his resurrection <386>.
6We know <1097> that <3754> our <2257> old <3820> man <444> was crucified <4957> with him so that <2443> the body <4983> of sin <266> would no longer dominate <2673> us <2248>, so that we would no longer <3371> be enslaved <1398> to sin <266>.
7(For <1063> someone who has died <599> has been freed <1344> from <575> sin <266>.)
8Now if <1487> we died <599> with <4862> Christ <5547>, we believe <4100> that <3754> we will <4800> also <2532> live <4800> with him <846>.
9We know <1492> that <3754> since Christ <5547> has been raised <1453> from <1537> the dead <3498>, he is never <3765> going to die <599> again; death <2288> no longer <3765> has mastery <2961> over him <846>.
10For <1063> the death he died <599>, he died <599> to sin <266> once <2178> for all, but <1161> the life he lives <2198>, he lives <2198> to God <2316>.
11So <3779> you <3049> too <2532> consider <3049> yourselves <1438> dead <3498> to sin <266>, but <1161> alive <2198> to God <2316> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.
12Therefore <3767> do not <3361> let sin <266> reign <936> in <1722> your <5216> mortal <2349> body <4983> so that <1519> you obey <5219> its <846> desires <1939>,
13and <3366> do not <3366> present <3936> your <5216> members <3196> to sin <266> as instruments <3696> to be used for unrighteousness <93>, but <235> present <3936> yourselves <1438> to God <2316> as <5616> those who are alive <2198> from <1537> the dead <3498> and <2532> your <5216> members <3196> to God <2316> as instruments <3696> to be used for righteousness <1343>.
14For <1063> sin <266> will have <2961> no <3756> mastery <2961> over you <5216>, because <1063> you are <1510> not <3756> under <5259> law <3551> but <235> under <5259> grace <5485>.
15What <5101> then <3767>? Shall we sin <264> because <3754> we are <1510> not <3756> under <5259> law <3551> but <235> under <5259> grace <5485>? Absolutely <1096> not <3361>!
16Do you <1492> not <3756> know <1492> that <3754> if you present <3936> yourselves <1438> as obedient <5218> slaves <1401>, you are <1510> slaves <1401> of the one you obey <5219>, either <2273> of sin <266> resulting in <1519> death <2288>, or <2228> obedience <5218> resulting in <1519> righteousness <1343>?
17But <1161> thanks <5485> be to God <2316> that <3754> though you were <1510> slaves <1401> to sin <266>, you obeyed <5219> from <1537> the heart <2588> that <3739> pattern <5179> of teaching <1322> you were entrusted <3860> to <1519>,
18and <1161> having been freed <1659> from <575> sin <266>, you became enslaved <1402> to righteousness <1343>.
19(I am speaking <3004> in human terms <442> because of <1223> the weakness <769> of your <5216> flesh <4561>.) For <1063> just <5618> as you <3936> once presented <3936> your <5216> members <3196> as slaves <1401> to impurity <167> and <2532> lawlessness <458> leading to <1519> more lawlessness <458>, so <3779> now <3568> present <3936> your <5216> members <3196> as slaves <1401> to righteousness <1343> leading to <1519> sanctification <38>.
20For <1063> when <3753> you were <1510> slaves <1401> of sin <266>, you were <1510> free <1658> with regard to righteousness <1343>.
21So <3767> what <5101> benefit <2590> did you <2192> then <5119> reap <2192> from those things that <3739> you are <1870> now <3568> ashamed <1870> of? For <1063> the end <5056> of those things <1565> is death <2288>.
22But <1161> now <3570>, freed <1659> from <575> sin <266> and <1161> enslaved <1402> to God <2316>, you have <2192> your <5216> benefit <2590> leading to <1519> sanctification <38>, and <1161> the end <5056> is eternal <166> life <2222>.
23For <1063> the payoff <3800> of sin <266> is death <2288>, but <1161> the gift <5486> of God <2316> is eternal <166> life <2222> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424> our <2257> Lord <2962>.