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Learn about the sources and coverage →So what does that mean? Should we keep on sinning so that God's grace will increase even more?
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; Ἐπιμένομεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, ἵνα ἡ χάρις πλεονάσῃ;
Ti oun eroumen? Epimenomen tē hamartia, hina hē charis pleonasē?
Absolutely not! We have died to sin. How could we possibly continue living in it?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Μὴ γένοιτο. Οἵτινες ἀπεθάνομεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, πῶς ἔτι ζήσομεν ἐν αὐτῇ;
Mē genoito. Hoitines apethanomen tē hamartia, pōs eti zēsomen en autē?
Don't you understand that when we were baptized into Jesus Christ, we were baptized into His death?
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Ἢ ἀγνοεῖτε ὅτι ὅσοι ἐβαπτίσθημεν εἰς χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, εἰς τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ ἐβαπτίσθημεν;
Ē agnoeite hoti hosoi ebaptisthēmen eis christon Iēsoun, eis ton thanaton autou ebaptisthēmen?
Through baptism, we were buried with Christ in His death. And just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too are meant to live an entirely new life.
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.
Συνετάφημεν οὖν αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος εἰς τὸν θάνατον∙ ἵνα ὥσπερ ἠγέρθη χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν διὰ τῆς δόξης τοῦ πατρός, οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς περιπατήσωμεν.
Synetaphēmen oun autō dia tou baptismatos eis ton thanaton; hina hōsper ēgerthē christos ek nekrōn dia tēs doxēs tou patros, houtōs kai hēmeis en kainotēti zōēs peripatēsōmen.
Just as baptism joins us with Christ in His death, we will also share in the new life of His resurrection.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Εἰ γὰρ σύμφυτοι γεγόναμεν τῷ ὁμοιώματι τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἐσόμεθα∙
Ei gar symphytoi gegonamen tō homoiōmati tou thanatou autou, alla kai tēs anastaseōs esometha;
We know that our old sinful self was crucified with Christ, so that sin's power over our lives would be broken and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
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.
τοῦτο γινώσκοντες, ὅτι ὁ παλαιὸς ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος συνεσταυρώθη, ἵνα καταργηθῇ τὸ σῶμα τῆς ἁμαρτίας, τοῦ μηκέτι δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ∙
touto ginōskontes, hoti ho palaios hēmōn anthrōpos synestaurōthē, hina katargēthē to sōma tēs hamartias, tou mēketi douleuein hēmas tē hamartia;
For when we die with Christ, sin no longer has a claim on us.
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
ὁ γὰρ ἀποθανὼν δεδικαίωται ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας.
ho gar apothanōn dedikaiōtai apo tēs hamartias.
And since we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Εἰ δὲ ἀπεθάνομεν σὺν χριστῷ, πιστεύομεν ὅτι καὶ συζήσομεν αὐτῷ∙
Ei de apethanomen syn christō, pisteuomen hoti kai syzēsomen autō;
We know that Christ has been raised from the dead and will never die again. Death no longer has any power over Him.
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
εἰδότες ὅτι χριστὸς ἐγερθεὶς ἐκ νεκρῶν οὐκέτι ἀποθνῄσκει∙ θάνατος αὐτοῦ οὐκέτι κυριεύει.
eidotes hoti christos egertheis ek nekrōn ouketi apothnēskei; thanatos autou ouketi kyrieuei.
Christ died once, defeating sin for all time. Now, risen from the dead, He lives entirely for God.
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Ὃ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν, τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἀπέθανεν ἐφάπαξ∙ ὃ δὲ ζῇ, ζῇ τῷ θεῷ.
Ho gar apethanen, tē hamartia apethanen ephapax; ho de zē, zē tō theō.
In the same way, consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς λογίζεσθε ἑαυτοὺς νεκροὺς μὲν εἶναι τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, ζῶντας δὲ τῷ θεῷ ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.
Houtōs kai hymeis logizesthe heautous nekrous men einai tē hamartia, zōntas de tō theō en christō Iēsou tō kyriō hēmōn.
So don't allow sin to rule over your mortal body or let its sinful desires control the way you live.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Μὴ οὖν βασιλευέτω ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῷ θνητῷ ὑμῶν σώματι, εἰς τὸ ὑπακούειν αὐτῇ ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ∙
Mē oun basileuetō hē hamartia en tō thnētō hymōn sōmati, eis to hypakouein autē en tais epithymiais autou;
Don't give the power of sin any part of yourself to use as a weapon for evil. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, as people who have been brought from death into life. Let every part of you become a weapon for righteousness in God's hands.
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.
μηδὲ παριστάνετε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν ὅπλα ἀδικίας τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ∙ ἀλλὰ παραστήσατε ἑαυτοὺς τῷ θεῷ ὡς ἐκ νεκρῶν ζῶντας, καὶ τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν ὅπλα δικαιοσύνης τῷ θεῷ.
mēde paristanete ta melē hymōn hopla adikias tē hamartia; alla parastēsate heautous tō theō hōs ek nekrōn zōntas, kai ta melē hymōn hopla dikaiosynēs tō theō.
Sin will no longer be your master, because you are no longer under the Law but living under God's grace through Jesus Christ.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Ἁμαρτία γὰρ ὑμῶν οὐ κυριεύσει∙ οὐ γάρ ἐστε ὑπὸ νόμον, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ χάριν.
Hamartia gar hymōn ou kyrieusei; ou gar este hypo nomon, all’ hypo charin.
So what does this mean? Since we are no longer under the Law but under God's grace, does that mean we are free to keep sinning? Absolutely not!
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Τί οὖν; Ἁμαρτήσομεν, ὅτι οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑπὸ νόμον, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ χάριν; Μὴ γένοιτο.
Ti oun? Hamartēsomen, hoti ouk esmen hypo nomon, all’ hypo charin? Mē genoito.
Don't you understand that when you surrender yourself to someone as a servant, you become obedient to that master? You can surrender to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose obedience to God, which leads to righteousness.
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?
Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ᾧ παριστάνετε ἑαυτοὺς δούλους εἰς ὑπακοήν, δοῦλοί ἐστε ᾧ ὑπακούετε, ἤτοι ἁμαρτίας εἰς θάνατον, ἢ ὑπακοῆς εἰς δικαιοσύνην;
Ouk oidate hoti hō paristanete heautous doulous eis hypakoēn, douloi este hō hypakouete, ētoi hamartias eis thanaton, ē hypakoēs eis dikaiosynēn?
But thank God! Although you were once slaves to sin, you have now wholeheartedly embraced and obeyed the teaching that was entrusted to you.
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.
Χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ, ὅτι ἦτε δοῦλοι τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ὑπηκούσατε δὲ ἐκ καρδίας εἰς ὃν παρεδόθητε τύπον διδαχῆς∙
Charis de tō theō, hoti ēte douloi tēs hamartias, hypēkousate de ek kardias eis hon paredothēte typon didachēs;
Having been set free from the dominion of sin, you have now become servants of righteousness.
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ.
eleutherōthentes de apo tēs hamartias, edoulōthēte tē dikaiosynē.
I'm using the familiar example of slavery to help you understand this because of your human limitations. Just as you once surrendered yourselves to impurity and lawlessness, sinking deeper and deeper into the depths of sin, now surrender yourselves to righteousness, allowing God to make your lives holy.
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.
Ἀνθρώπινον λέγω διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς ὑμῶν∙ ὥσπερ γὰρ παρε- στήσατε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν δοῦλα τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ καὶ τῇ ἀνομίᾳ εἰς τὴν ἀνομίαν, οὕτως νῦν παραστήσατε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν δοῦλα τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ εἰς ἁγιασμόν.
Anthrōpinon legō dia tēn astheneian tēs sarkos hymōn; hōsper gar pare- stēsate ta melē hymōn doula tē akatharsia kai tē anomia eis tēn anomian, houtōs nyn parastēsate ta melē hymōn doula tē dikaiosynē eis hagiasmon.
When you were slaves to sin, living according to God's righteousness had no place in your lives.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Ὅτε γὰρ δοῦλοι ἦτε τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐλεύθεροι ἦτε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ.
Hote gar douloi ēte tēs hamartias, eleutheroi ēte tē dikaiosynē.
And what did that way of life ever give you? Only things you are now ashamed of, because the end of that road is death.
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Τίνα οὖν καρπὸν εἴχετε τότε ἐφ’ οἷς νῦν ἐπαισχύνεσθε; Τὸ γὰρ τέλος ἐκείνων θάνατος.
Tina oun karpon eichete tote eph’ hois nyn epaischynesthe? To gar telos ekeinōn thanatos.
But now you have been freed from sin's dominion and belong to God. Your new life produces righteousness, leading you toward holiness, and ultimately to eternal life.
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Νυνὶ δὲ ἐλευθερωθέντες ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, δουλωθέντες δὲ τῷ θεῷ, ἔχετε τὸν καρπὸν ὑμῶν εἰς ἁγιασμόν, τὸ δὲ τέλος ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
Nyni de eleutherōthentes apo tēs hamartias, doulōthentes de tō theō, echete ton karpon hymōn eis hagiasmon, to de telos zōēn aiōnion.
For the wages of sin are death, but God's free gift is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Τὰ γὰρ ὀψώνια τῆς ἁμαρτίας θάνατος, τὸ δὲ χάρισμα τοῦ θεοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιος ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.
Ta gar opsōnia tēs hamartias thanatos, to de charisma tou theou zōē aiōnios en christō Iēsou tō kyriō hēmōn.