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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 6 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Romans 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/5.htm" title="Romans 5">◄</a> Romans 6 <a href="../romans/7.htm" title="Romans 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Dead to Sin but Alive in Union with Christ</h3><p class="par"><span class="v45_6_1"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.1" class="v45_6_1">1</span>What shall we say, then? Should we continue to live in sin so that God's grace will increase? </span><span class="v45_6_2"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.2" class="v45_6_2">2</span>Certainly not! We have died to sin—how then can we go on living in it? </span><span class="v45_6_3"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.3" class="v45_6_3">3</span>For surely you know that when we were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, we were baptized into union with his death. </span><span class="v45_6_4"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.4" class="v45_6_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Rom.6.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> By our baptism, then, we were buried with him and shared his death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glorious power of the Father, so also we might live a new life.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_6_5"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.5" class="v45_6_5">5</span>For since we have become one with him in dying as he did, in the same way we shall be one with him by being raised to life as he was. </span><span class="v45_6_6"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.6" class="v45_6_6">6</span>And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin. </span><span class="v45_6_7"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.7" class="v45_6_7">7</span>For when we die, we are set free from the power of sin. </span><span class="v45_6_8"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.8" class="v45_6_8">8</span>Since we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. </span><span class="v45_6_9"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.9" class="v45_6_9">9</span>For we know that Christ has been raised from death and will never die again—death will no longer rule over him. </span><span class="v45_6_10"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.10" class="v45_6_10">10</span>And so, because he died, sin has no power over him; and now he lives his life in fellowship with God. </span><span class="v45_6_11"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.11" class="v45_6_11">11</span>In the same way you are to think of yourselves as dead, so far as sin is concerned, but living in fellowship with God through Christ Jesus.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_6_12"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.12" class="v45_6_12">12</span>Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self. </span><span class="v45_6_13"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.13" class="v45_6_13">13</span>Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes. </span><span class="v45_6_14"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.14" class="v45_6_14">14</span>Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.</span></p><h3 class="s">Slaves of Righteousness</h3><p class="par"><span class="v45_6_15"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.15" class="v45_6_15">15</span>What, then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under God's grace? By no means! </span><span class="v45_6_16"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.16" class="v45_6_16">16</span>Surely you know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to obey someone, you are in fact the slaves of the master you obey—either of sin, which results in death, or of obedience, which results in being put right with God. </span><span class="v45_6_17"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.17" class="v45_6_17">17</span>But thanks be to God! For though at one time you were slaves to sin, you have obeyed with all your heart the truths found in the teaching you received. </span><span class="v45_6_18"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.18" class="v45_6_18">18</span>You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness. </span><span class="v45_6_19"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.19" class="v45_6_19">19</span>(I use everyday language because of the weakness of your natural selves.) At one time you surrendered yourselves entirely as slaves to impurity and wickedness for wicked purposes. In the same way you must now surrender yourselves entirely as slaves of righteousness for holy purposes.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v45_6_20"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.20" class="v45_6_20">20</span>When you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. </span><span class="v45_6_21"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.21" class="v45_6_21">21</span>What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of? The result of those things is death! </span><span class="v45_6_22"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.22" class="v45_6_22">22</span>But now you have been set free from sin and are the slaves of God. Your gain is a life fully dedicated to him, and the result is eternal life. </span><span class="v45_6_23"><span class="reftext" id="Rom.6.23" class="v45_6_23">23</span>For sin pays its wage—death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). Learn more at <a href="http://www.gnt.bible">www.gnt.bible</a> . 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