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   Romans 6   
   [1] What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?   
   [2] God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?   
   [3] Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were   
   baptized into his death?   
   [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.   
   [5] For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we   
   shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:   
   [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.   
   [7] For he that is dead is freed from sin.   
   [8] Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with   
   him:   
   [9] Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath   
   no more dominion over him.   
   [10] For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he   
   liveth unto God.   
   [11] Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but   
   alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.   
   [12] Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it   
   in the lusts thereof.   
   [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.   
   [14] For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,   
   but under grace.   
      
   Slaves of Righteousness   
      
   15 (Ro 6:1-2) What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law   
   but under grace? God forbid!   
   16 (Jn 8:34; 2Pe 2:19) Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves   
   as slaves to obey, you are slaves of the one whom you obey,   
   whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?   
   17 (Ro 1:8; 2Ti 1:13) But thanks be to God, for you were slaves of sin,   
   but you have obeyed from the heart that form of teaching   
   to which you were entrusted,   
   18 (Ro 6:22; Jn 8:32; Ro 8:2) and having been freed from sin, you became   
   the slaves of righteousness.   
   19 (Ro 3:5; 6:13) I speak in human terms because of the weakness   
   of your flesh, for just as you have yielded your members as slaves   
   to impurity and iniquity leading to more iniquity, even so now yield   
   your members as slaves to righteousness unto holiness.   
   20 For when you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness.   
   21 (Ro 1:32; 6:23) What fruit did you have then from the things of which   
   you are now ashamed? The result of those things is death.   
   22 (Ro 6:18; 1Pe 2:16) But now, having been freed from sin   
   and having become slaves of God, you have fruit unto holiness,   
   and the end is eternal life.   
   23 (Ro 5:12; Ge 2:17; Ro 2:7) For the wages of sin is death,   
   but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.   
      
   [15] What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under   
   grace? God forbid.   
   [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?   
   [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.   
   [18] Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.   
   [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.   
   [20] For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.   
   [21] What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for   
   the end of those things is death.   
   [22] But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have   
   your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.   
   [23] For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life   
   through Jesus Christ our Lord.   
      
   Romans 7   
      
   An Analogy From Marriage   
      
   1 Do you not know, brothers (for I speak to those who know the law),   
   that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?   
   2 (1Co 7:39) For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her   
   husband so long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released   
   from the law regarding her husband.   
   3 (Mt 5:32) So then, she will be called an adulteress if she marries   
   another man while her husband lives. But if her husband dies,   
   she is free from that law, so that she would not be an adulteress   
   if she marries another man.   
   4 (Ro 8:2; 7:6) So, my brothers, you also have died to the law through   
   the body of Christ, so that you may be married to another,   
   to Him who has been raised from the dead, so that we may bear fruit for God.   
   5 (Ro 6:13; 6:21) When we were in the flesh, the passions of sin,   
   through the law, worked in our members to bear fruit leading to death.   
   6 (Ro 6:4; 7:4) But now we are delivered from the law, having died   
   to things in which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness   
   of the Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter of the law.   
      
   [1] Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that   
   the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?   
   [2] 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.   
   [3] So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she   
   shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from   
   that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another   
   man.   
   [4] 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.   
   [5] 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.   
   [6] But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were   
   held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of   
   the letter.   
      
   The Problem of Indwelling Sin   
      
   7 (Ro 3:20; Ex 20:17; Dt 5:21) What shall we say then? Is the law sin?   
   God forbid! But I did not know sin, except through the law.   
   I would not have known coveting if the law had not said,   
   "You shall not covet." (Ex 20:17; Dt 5:21. )   
   8 (Ro 7:11; 4:15; 1Co 15:56) But sin, taking opportunity through   
   the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting.   
   For apart from the law sin is dead.   
   9 I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came,   
   sin revived, and I died.   
   10 (Ro 10:5; Lev 18:5) And the commandment, which was intended for life,   
   proved to be death in me.   
   11 (Ro 7:8; Ge 3:13) For sin, taking opportunity through the commandment,   
   deceived me and killed me through it.   
   12 (1Ti 1:8; Ps 119:137) So then, the law is holy and the commandment   
   is holy and just and good.   
   13 Therefore has that which is good become death unto me? God forbid!   
   Rather, sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was working death in me   
   through that which is good, so that sin through the commandment   
   might become exceedingly sinful.   
   14 (1Ki 21:20; 21:25) We know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal,   
   sold under sin.   
   15 (Gal 5:17) For what I am doing, I do not understand, for I do not practice   
      
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