1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2God forbid. We died to sin! How could we any longer live in it? 3Or are you ignorant to the fact that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death. Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, that we might walk in the newness of life. 5If we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be in the likeness of his resurrection. 6We know this that our old self was impaled with him that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be in bondage to sin. 7He who has died is freed from sin. 8If we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. 9We know that Christ being raised from the dead died no more; death no longer has dominion over him. 10For the death that he died, he died with reference to sin once. But the life that he lives, he lives to God. 11Consider yourselves to be dead with reference to sin, but alive with reference to God through Christ Jesus. 12Let no sin rule in your mortal body, that you should obey the lustful desires. 13Also do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. Present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness for God. 14Sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace. 15What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid! 16Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient servants you are his voluntary servants because you obey him? This could be obedience to sin with death in view or obedience to righteousness with holiness in view? 17But thanks to God, that you were the servants of sin yet you became obedient from the heart to the teachings delivered to you. 18After being made free from sin, you became servants of righteousness. 19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. You once presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to sin. Now you present your members as servants to righteousness and sanctification purificationholiness. 20When you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21You are now ashamed of the fruit you had at that time. For the results of these things is death. 22Now you are free from sin and are servants to God. You have your fruit in holiness, and the end everlasting eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.