CHAPTER 6
Or
aren’t you aware
that
all of
us who were baptized
into
Christ
Jesus
were baptized
into
His
death?
We therefore were buried
with Him
through
baptism
into
death,
in order that,
just as
Christ
was raised
from
the dead
through
the
glory
of the
Father,
we
too
may walk
in
newness
of life.
For
if
we have been
united with Him
like this
in
His
death,
we will certainly also be
raised to life as He was.
We know
that
our
old
self
was crucified with Him
so that
the
body
of sin
might be rendered powerless,
that we
should no longer
be slaves
to sin.
For we know
that since
Christ
was raised
from
the dead,
He cannot die again;
death
no longer
has dominion over
Him.
Do not
present
the
parts
of your body
to sin
as instruments
of wickedness,
but
present
yourselves
to God
as those who have been
brought from
death
to life;
and present
the
parts
of your body
to Him
as instruments
of righteousness.
Do you not know
that
when
you offer
yourselves
as
obedient
slaves,
you are
slaves
to the one
you obey,
whether you are slaves
to sin
leading to
death,
or
to obedience
leading to
righteousness?
But
thanks be
to God
that,
though you once were
slaves
to sin,
you wholeheartedly obeyed
the form
of teaching
to
which
you were committed.
I am speaking
in human terms
because of
the
weakness
of
your
flesh.
Just as
you used to offer
the
parts of
your body
in slavery
to impurity
and
to
escalating
wickedness,
so
now
offer
them
in slavery
to righteousness
leading to
holiness.
What
fruit
did you reap
at that time
from the things
of which
you are now ashamed?
The
outcome
of those things
is death.
But
now that
you have been set free
from
sin
and
have become slaves
to God,
the
fruit
you reap
leads to
holiness,
and
the
outcome
is eternal
life.