Romans 6

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Are we to continue to sin that grace may abound? (Verse 1)

What were we who have been baptized into Christ Jesus been baptized into? (Verse 3)

Why were we buried with Christ Jesus by baptism into death? (Verse 4)

If we have been united with Jesus Christ in a death like his, how shall we be united with Jesus Christ in a resurrection? (Verse 5)

Why was our old self crucified with Jesus Christ? (Verse 6)

Who has been set free from sin? (Verse 7)

Who do we believe will live with Christ? (Verse 8)

What no longer has dominion over Christ? (Verse 9)

Will Christ die again? (verse 9)

Who does Christ live His life to? (Verse 10)

How should we consider ourselves? (Verse 11)

What should we not let reign in our mortal body? (verse 12)

What should we not present to sin? (verse 13)

What should we present to God? (Verse 13)

How should we present our members to God? (Verse 13)

What will have no dominion over us? (Verse 14)

Why will sin no longer have dominion over us? (Verse 14)

Slaves to Righteousness

Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? (Verse 15)

Who are we slaves of? (Verse 16)

What does sin lead to? (Verse 16)

What leads to righteousness? (Verse 16)

Having been set free from sins, what are we slaves to now? (Verse 18)

What does presenting members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness lead to? (Verse 19)

What does presenting members as slaves to righteousness lead to? (Verse 19)

When were we free in regard to righteousness? (verse 20)

What is the end of the things of which we are now ashamed? (Verse 21)

What does the fruit we get lead to? (Verse 22)

What are the wages of sin? (Verse 23)

What is the free gift of God? (Verse 23)

Application Prayer

Our father in Heaven, we present all our members to you as instruments for righteousness

"Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace."

Romans 6English Standard Version (ESV)

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our old self[a] was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For one who has died has been set free[b] from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,[c] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes:

1. Romans 6:6 Greek man
2. Romans 6:7 Greek has been justified
3. Romans 6:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse; also verses 17, 19 (twice), 20