Romans 6:1-14
1 to continue to sin so that grace may abound
would be like my sons wanting to hear the sound
of a belt or spoon. they didn’t consider the end
or they wouldn’t have continued to sin.
2 we have died to sin and all that sin entails
to continue to live in it would completely derail
the good that God has for me and you
so let us die to it and not let sin continue
3 baptized into Christ is to join Him in His death
to give in so completely that there is none of us left
this goes for all of us who are associated with Christ
for we have joined His death when in Him we were baptized
4 being raised from the dead after we’re buried with Him
to the glory of the Father we’re completely dead to sin
buried to sin then raised just as Christ
no longer just dead to sin but raised in newness of life
5 united with Him in a death like His
trying not to live like i once did
His power in me is without question
united with Him, too, in His resurrection
6 my old self was crucified and brought to nothing
that body of sin is now dead and rotting
no longer enslaved, but free and alive
the body of sin is dead, crucified
7 set free from sin is the one who has died
the body of sin is dead, crucified
escaped from the bondage that once held me
the one who has died has been set free
8 if i died with Christ i believe i will also live
dead to my old self and dead to sin
for if my old self has died with Christ
then i also believe that in Christ i’m alive
9 Christ, being raised, will never die again
death and grave have no dominion over Him
He was raised from the dead, once more alive
we know that Christ will never again die
10 for the death he died, once for all
to save me from my sin and fall
a life to God he died to sin
he died he died he lives he lives
11 i must consider myself both alive and dead
dead to sin but alive to God instead
to God in Christ Jesus i am alive
dead to my sin but alive in Christ
12 sin therefore must no longer reign
the sin that once was is dead and slain
it can no longer make me obey its passions
i will therefore not let my mortal body sin
13 i will not present my members to sin as instruments
for unrighteousness. but instead present
myself to God as i’ve been brought to life
my members to God as instruments of the upright
14 sin has no dominion over me
not under law but under grace i’m free
the rule of sin has come to an end
because under grace it has no dominion
