1Though justified by grace, we may not live in sin; since the very figure of baptism requireth us to die with Christ unto sin, that we may lead a new life of holiness unto God. 14The dispensation of grace freeth us from the dominion of sin; but we are still the servants of sin, if we obey it; therefore being freed from sin, we are bound unto holiness. 21The end and wages of sin is death; but the fruit of holiness through God's grace is eternal life.
1WHAT ashall we say then? bShall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
a ch. 3.5; 4.1; 7.7; 9.14. b ch. 3.7,8; 5.20,21; 2.4,5.
2cGod forbid. dHow shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
c ch. 3.5. Mat. 4.10. Tit. 2.11,12. Ja. 1.15. ch. 1.18; 2.5; 6.23. d v.6-11. Col. 2.20; 3.3. 1Pe. 2.24. Ga. 6.14. Col. 2.12,13. Ge. 39.9. Ps. 119.104.
3Know ye not, that eso many of us as 1were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
1Or, are, v.4,6.
e Mat. 28.19. Ac. 19.5. Ga. 3.27. Col. 2.12. 1Pe. 3.21. 1Co. 15.29.
4Therefore we are fburied with him by baptism into death: that glike as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so hwe also should walk in newness of life.
f Col. 2.12; 3.4. v.3,5,6,8,11. g Mat. 28.2,3. Jn. 11.40. Col. 1.11. Ep. 2.5; 3.16. ch. 8.11. 2Co. 13.4. 1Co. 6.14. h 2Co. 5.17. Ga. 6.15. Ep. 4.22-24. 1Jn. 2.6. Col. 3.9-13. 1Pe. 4.1,2; 2.1,2. ch. 7.4,6; 12.1,2. He. 12.1,2. 2Pe. 1.4-9. v.19.
5iFor if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
i ch. 8.11. Phi. 3.10,11.
6Knowing this, that jour old man is crucified with him , that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
j ch. 7.24. Ga. 2.20; 5.24; 6.14. Col. 2.11,12; 3.5,9. Ep. 4.22.
7kFor he that is dead is 2freed from sin.
2Gr. justified.
k 1Pe. 4.1. ch. 8.33. Jn. 8.30-36. Job 3.19.
8lNow if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
l 2Ti. 2.11,12. 2Co. 5.1. Ga. 2.20. Jn. 14.19. v.4,5,22. ch. 7.4; 8.11,13.
9Knowing that Christ mbeing raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
m Ac. 2.24. He. 9.28; 7.25; 10.12,14. Re. 1.18. Ps. 16.11; 21.4.
10nFor in that he died, he died unto sin once: obut in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
n He. 9.14,26,28. 1Jn. 4.10. Tit. 2.14. Mat. 26.28. 1Pe. 2.24; 3.18. o Lu. 20.38. He. 10.10,12-14.
11pLikewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
p v.2. Ga. 2.19,20. Col. 3.3,5. 2Co. 5.15. Phi. 1.11.
12qLet not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
q Ps. 19.13; 119.133. ch. 7.23,24. Ja. 4.1. Col. 2.11. Ep. 4.22; 3.5,9. Ga. 5.24.
13rNeither yield ye your members as 3instruments 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.
3Gr. arms, or, weapons. 2Co. 6.7.
r ch. 12.1,2. 1Pe. 4.2. Col. 3.5. ch. 8.13; 7.4-6. He. 9.14. Ga. 2.19,20. Lu. 1.74,75. 2Co. 7.1.
14sFor sin shall not have dominion over you: for tye are not under the law, but under grace.
s Mi. 7.19. Tit. 2.14. ch. 5.20,21. He. 8.10. Ga. 3.13; 4.5. ch. 7.4,5,8,11. t Jn. 1.17.
15uWhat then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
u v.1,2. 1Co. 9.21. Ga. 5.18; 2.18. 2Co. 7.1. Jude 4.
16Know ye not, that vto 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?
v Jn. 8.34. 2Pe. 2.19. Mat. 6.24. v.13,19,21-23.
17But God be thanked, that wye were the servants of sin, xbut ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine 4which was delivered you.
4Gr. whereto ye were delivered.
w 1Co. 6.9-11. Tit. 3.3-7. 1Ti. 1.13. x 1Th. 1.5; 2.13. 2Ti. 1.1,13. He. 6.1,2. ch. 2.20.
18yBeing then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
y Jn. 8.32,36. 1Co. 7.22,23. Ga. 5.1. 1Pe. 2.16. Lu. 1.74,75. Tit. 2.11,12,14. Ps. 116.16.
19zI speak after the *manner of men abecause of the infirmity of your flesh: bfor 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.
*manner-custom, habit.
z ch. 3.5. Jn. 3.12. Ga. 3.15. a Ga. 4.13. b v.13,16,18. 1Pe. 4.2,3.
20cFor when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free 5from righteousness.
5Gr. to righteousness.
c Jn. 8.31. Ep. 2.1,2. Tit. 3.3. Mat. 7.18.
21dWhat fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? efor the end of those things is death.
d ch. 1.24-32; 7.5. Eze. 16.63; 36.31. Job 40.4; 42.6. Ezr. 9.6. 2Co. 7.11. Lu. 15.18,19,21. e v.23. ch. 8.6,13. Ja. 1.15.
22fBut now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, gand the end everlasting life.
f v.2,7,11,12,14,18. Ps. 116.16; 119.32. Lu. 1.74,75. 2Co. 7.1. He. 12.14,28. ch. 8.2. g v.23.
23For hthe wages of sin is death; ibut the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
h v.21. Ge. 2.17. ch. 5.12. Ja. 1.15. Eze. 18.4. ch. 7.5; 8.13; 2.8,9. Is. 3.11. Ga. 6.7,8. 1Co. 6.9,10. Re. 21.8; 22.15. i v.22. ch. 2.7; 5.10,17,18,21. 1Jn. 2.25; 5.11,12. Tit. 1.2. Jn. 3.14-17,36; 6.40,54,57; 17.2; 10.10,28,29. Ep. 2.8. 1Pe. 1.3,4.