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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, Chapter 6
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What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound?
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God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any
longer therein?
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Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized
into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
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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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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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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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For he that is dead is freed from sin.
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Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live
with him:
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Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no
more; death hath no more dominion over him.
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For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he
liveth, he liveth unto God.
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Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin,
but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should
obey it in the lusts thereof.
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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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For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under
the law, but under grace.
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What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but
under grace? God forbid.
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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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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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Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of
righteousness.
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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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For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from
righteousness.
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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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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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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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