Romans 6:14
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
13 Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- KJV
- For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- WEB
- For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
- ASV
- For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.
- DARBY
- For sin shall not have dominion over *you*, for ye are not under law but under grace.
- BLB
- For sin will not rule over you⁺, for you⁺ are not under law, but under grace.
- ÅB
- For synden skal ikke herske over dere. Dere er jo ikke under loven, men under nåden.
- OTB
- For synden skal ikke herske over dere, for dere er ikke under loven, men under nåden.
- B1930
- For synden skal ikke herske over eder; I er jo ikke under loven, men under nåden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 5:18
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Read in contextRomans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
Read in contextRomans 7:4–11
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
Read in contextHebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Read in contextGalatians 4:4–5
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Read in contextRomans 6:12
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
Read in contextPsalms 130:7–8
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Read in contextRomans 3:19–20
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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