1 We may not live in sin;
2 for we are dead unto it;
3 as appears by our baptism.
12 Let not sin reign any more;
18 because we have yielded ourselves to the service of righteousness;
23 and for that death is the wages of sin.

What. See on 3:5

Shall. 15 2:4 3:5-8,31 5:20,21 Ga 5:13 1Pe 2:16 2Pe 2:18,19 Jude 1:4

2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

God. See on 3:1-4:25

How. Ge 39:9 Ps 119:104 1Jo 3:9

dead. 5-11 5:11 7:4 Ga 2:19 6:14 Col 3:3 1Pe 2:24

live. 2Co 5:14-17 1Pe 1:14 4:1-3

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

Know. 16 7:1 1Co 3:16 5:6 6:2,3,9,15,16,19 9:13,24 2Co 13:5 Jud 4:4

as were. or, as are. Mt 28:19 1Co 12:13 Ga 3:27 1Pe 3:21

were. 4,5,8 1Co 15:29 Ga 2:20,21

4 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.

we are. 3 Col 2:12,13 3:1-3 1Pe 3:21

that. 9 8:11 1Co 6:14 2Co 13:4 Eph 1:19,20 2:5,6

by the. Mt 28:2,3 Joh 2:11,19,20 11:40 Col 1:11

even. 19 7:6 12:1,2 13:13,14 2Co 5:17 Ga 6:15,16 Eph 4:17,22-24 5:8 Php 3:17,18 Col 1:9-12 2:11,12 3:10 4:1 1Pe 4:1,2 2Pe 1:4-9 1Jo 2:6

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

For. 8-12 Eph 2:5,6 Php 3:10,11

planted. Ps 92:13 Isa 5:2 Jer 2:21 Mt 15:13 Joh 12:24 15:1-8

6 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.

that our. Ga 2:20 5:24 6:14 Eph 4:22 Col 3:5,9,10

that the. 7:24 8:3,13 Col 2:11,12

that henceforth. 12,22 7:25 8:4 2Ki 5:17 Isa 26:13 Joh 8:34-36

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

For he. 2,8 7:2,4 Col 3:1-3 1Pe 4:1

freed. or, justified. 8:1

8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

Now. 3-5 2Ti 2:11,12

we believe. Joh 14:19 2Co 4:10-14 13:4 Col 3:3,4 1Th 4:14-17

9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

Christ. Ps 16:9-11 Ac 2:24-28 Heb 7:16,25 10:12,13 Re 1:18

death. 14 5:14 Heb 2:14,15

10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

he died unto. 8:3 2Co 5:21 Heb 9:26-28 1Pe 3:18

he liveth unto. 11 14:7-9 Lu 20:38 2Co 5:15 1Pe 4:6

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

reckon. 8:18

be dead. See on 2

but. 13 1Co 6:20 Ga 2:19,20 Col 3:3-5

through. 23 5:1 16:27 Joh 20:31 Eph 2:7 Php 1:11 4:7 Col 3:17 1Pe 2:5 4:11

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Let not. 16 5:21 7:23,24 Nu 33:55 De 7:2 Jos 23:12,13 Jud 2:3 Ps 19:13 Ps 119:133

mortal. 8:11 1Co 15:53,54 2Co 4:11 5:4

in the lusts. 16 2:8 8:13 13:14 Ga 5:16,24 Eph 2:3 4:22 1Th 4:5 2Ti 2:22 Tit 2:12 3:3 Jas 1:14,15 4:1-3 1Pe 1:14 2:11 4:2,3 1Jo 2:15-17 Jude 1:16,18

13 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.

Neither. 16,19 7:5,23 1Co 6:15 Col 3:5 Jas 3:5,6 4:1

instruments. Gr. arms, or weapons. 2Co 10:4

unrighteousness. 1:29 2:8,9 De 25:16 Isa 3:10,11 55:7 Eze 18:4 1Co 6:9 2Th 2:12 2Pe 2:13-15 1Jo 1:9

but yield. 12:1 2Ch 30:8 Da 3:28 1Co 6:20 2Co 8:5 Php 1:20

alive. 11 Lu 15:24,32 Joh 5:24 2Co 5:15 Eph 2:5 5:14 Col 2:13 1Pe 2:24 4:2

and your. Ps 37:30 Pr 12:18 Jas 3:5,6

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

sin. 12 5:20,21 8:2 Ps 130:7,8 Mic 7:19 Mt 1:21 Joh 8:36 Tit 2:14 Heb 8:10

for ye. 3:19,20 7:4-11 Ga 3:23 4:4,5,21 5:18

under. 15 4:16 5:21 11:6 Joh 1:17 2Co 3:6-9

15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

What. See on 3:9

shall we. 1,2 1Co 9:20,21 2Co 7:1 Ga 2:17,18 Eph 2:8-10 Tit 2:11-14 Jude 1:4

16 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?

Know. See on 3

to whom. 13 Jos 24:15 Mt 6:24 Joh 8:34 2Pe 2:19

whether of sin. 12,17,19-23

17 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.

But. 1:8 1Ch 29:12-16 Ezr 7:27 Mt 11:25,26 Ac 11:18 28:15 1Co 1:4 Eph 1:16 Php 1:3-5 Col 1:3,4 1Th 1:2,3 3:9 2Th 1:3 2Ti 1:3-5 Phm 1:4 2Jo 1:4 3Jo 1:3

that. 1Co 6:9-11 Eph 2:5-10 1Ti 1:13-16 Tit 3:3-7 1Pe 2:9 4:2-5

but ye. 1:5 2:8 15:18 16:26 Ps 18:44 *marg: 2Co 10:5,6 Heb 5:9 11:8 1Pe 1:22 3:1 4:17

that form. 2Ti 1:13

which was delivered you. Gr. whereto ye were delivered.

18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

made. 14 Ps 116:16 119:32,45 Lu 1:74,75 Joh 8:32,36 1Co 7:21,22 Ga 5:1 1Pe 2:16

servants. 19,20,22 Isa 26:13 54:17

19 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.

I speak. 3:5 1Co 9:8 15:32 Ga 3:15

because. 8:26 15:1 Heb 4:15

for as ye. 13,17 1Co 6:11 Eph 2:2,3 Col 3:5-7 1Pe 4:2-4

unto iniquity. 16 1Co 5:6 15:33 2Ti 2:16,17 Heb 12:15

now yield. 13

unto holiness. 22

20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

the servants. 16,17 Joh 8:34

from. Gr. to.

21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

What. 7:5 Pr 1:31 5:10-13 9:17,18 Isa 3:10 Jer 17:10 44:20-24 Ga 6:7,8

whereof. Ezr 9:6 Job 40:4 42:6 Jer 3:3 8:12 31:19 Eze 16:61-63 Eze 36:31,32 43:11 Da 9:7,8 12:2 Lu 15:17-21 2Co 7:11 1Jo 2:28

for the. 23 1:32 De 17:6 21:22 2Sa 12:5-7 1Ki 2:26 Ps 73:17 Pr 14:12 16:25 Php 3:19 Heb 6:8 10:29 Jas 1:15 5:20 1Pe 4:17 Re 16:6 20:14

22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

But now. 14,18 8:2 Joh 8:32 2Co 3:17 Ga 5:13

become. 7:25 Ge 50:17 Job 1:8 Ps 86:2 143:12 Isa 54:17 Da 3:26 6:20 Ga 1:10 Col 4:12 Tit 1:1 Jas 1:1 1Pe 2:16 Re 7:13

ye have. Ps 92:14 Joh 15:2,16 Ga 5:22 Eph 5:9 Php 1:11 4:17 Col 1:10

and the end. 21 Nu 23:10 Ps 37:37,38 Mt 13:40,43 19:29 25:46 Joh 4:36

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For the wages. 5:12 Ge 2:17 3:19 Isa 3:11 Eze 18:4,20 1Co 6:9,10 Ga 3:10 Ga 6:7,8 Jas 1:15 Re 21:8

but the. 2:7 5:17,21 Joh 3:14-17,36 4:14 5:24,39,40 6:27,32,33,40,50-58 Joh 6:68 10:28 17:2 Tit 1:2 1Pe 1:3,4 1Jo 2:25 5:11,12