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

2 Absolutely not. How can we, who are dead to sin, continue living in it?

3 Don’t you know, that all who were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

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

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we will also continue together in the likeness of his resurrection:

6 Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, so that we would no longer serve sin.

7 For he who is dead has been freed from sin.

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him:

9 Knowing that since Christ was raised from the dead he cannot die again; death has no more dominion over him.

10 For in that he died, he died to sin once for all: but in that he lives, he lives to God.

11 In the same way regard yourselves as dead to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12 Therefore do not allow sin to reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its lusts.

13 And do not yield your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness: but yield yourselves to God, as those who are alive from the dead, and yield your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

14 For sin will not have dominion over you: because you are not under the law, but under grace.

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

16 Don’t you know, that when you yield yourselves to someone to obey him as servants, you are the servants of the one you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

17 But thanks be to God, you who were the slaves of sin, have obeyed from the heart the form of doctrine that was delivered to you.

18 And having been freed from sin, you became the servants of righteousness.

19 I am being frank with you because of the weakness of the flesh: for as you have yielded your members as slaves to uncleanness and to iniquity leading to more iniquity; even so now yield your members as servants to righteousness to sanctification.

20 For when you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness.

21 Yet what benefit did you get out of those things that you are now ashamed of? for those things result in death.

22 But now having been freed from sin, and become servants of God, you have your fruit unto holiness, and the result is everlasting life.

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