| New King James Version | New International Version |
| 1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? | 1What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? |
| 2Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? | 2By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? |
| 3Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? | 3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? |
| 4Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. | 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. |
| 5For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, | 5For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. |
| 6knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. | 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin-- |
| 7For he who has died has been freed from sin. | 7because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. |
| 8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, | 8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. |
| 9knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. | 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. |
| 10For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. | 10The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. |
| 11Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. | 11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. |
| 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. | 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. |
| 13And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. | 13Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. |
| 14For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. | 14For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. |
| 15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! | 15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! |
| 16Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? | 16Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? |
| 17But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. | 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. |
| 18And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. | 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. |
| 19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. | 19I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. |
| 20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. | 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. |
| 21What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. | 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! |
| 22But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. | 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. |
| 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
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