Rom. 6

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1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

- But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) Rom. 3:5

- And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. Rom. 3:8

- Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: Rom. 5:20

2. God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

- Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. Rom. 6:13

- And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 2 Cor. 5:15

- Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Pet. 2:24

3. Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

- For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Cor. 12:13

- For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal. 3:27

- Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col. 2:12

4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

- But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Rom. 8:11

- If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Col. 3:1

- That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 1 Pet. 4:2

5. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

- Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 2 Cor. 4:10

- And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Eph. 2:6

- That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Phil. 3:10

6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

- I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20

- And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Gal. 5:24

- Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Col. 3:5

7. For he that is dead is freed from sin.

- For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. Rom. 7:2

- Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. Rom. 7:4

- Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 1 Pet. 4:1

8. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

- Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 2 Cor. 4:10

- That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Phil. 3:10

- It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 2 Tim. 2:11

9. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

- Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 2 Cor. 4:14

- For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 1 Pet. 3:18

- I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Rev. 1:18

10. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

- For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. Rom. 14:8

- Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. Heb. 7:27

- Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; Heb. 9:25

11. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

- And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 2 Cor. 5:15

- I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20

- For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col. 3:3

12. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

- For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. Rom. 7:5

- What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Rom. 7:7

- That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 1 Pet. 4:2

13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

- I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1

- Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: Col. 3:5

- Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Pet. 2:24

14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

- For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Rom. 8:2

- Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Rom. 8:12

- But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Gal. 5:18

15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

- What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Rom. 6:1

- But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. Gal. 2:17

- For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. Gal. 2:18

16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

- Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. John 8:34

- As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1 Pet. 1:14

- While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 2 Pet. 2:19

17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

- By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: Rom. 1:5

- And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Cor. 6:11

- For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. Titus 3:3

18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

- And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32

- If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36

- As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 1 Pet. 2:16

19. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

- For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. Rom. 7:5

- I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1

- Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Eph. 2:2

20. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

- Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. John 8:34

- For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. Rom. 10:3

- While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 2 Pet. 2:19

21. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

- For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Rom. 8:13

- For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. Eph. 5:12

- Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) Phil. 3:19

22. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

- For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Rom. 8:2

- Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Heb. 12:14

- Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 1 Pet. 1:9

23. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

- But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. 2:17

- And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10:28

- For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Cor. 15:22

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