[1] WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
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[2] God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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[3] Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
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[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.
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[5] For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
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[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.
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[7] For he that is dead is freed from sin.
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[8] Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
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[9] Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
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[10] For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
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[11] Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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[12] Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
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[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.
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[14] For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
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[15] What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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[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?
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[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.
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[18] Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
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[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.
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[20] For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
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[21] What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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[22] But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
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[23] For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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