Romans 6:13
And do not present your body-parts as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as living out of the dead, and your body-parts as instruments of righteousness to God,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body in order to obey it, in its lusts.
14for sin will not have dominion over you. For ye are not under law, but under grace.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:16For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to LORD thy God.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Isaiah 3:10Say ye of the righteous, that [it is] well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all souls are mine, as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul that sins, it shall die.
Luke 15:24because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.
John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.
Matthew Henry on Romans 6:2-23
On Sanctification. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 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. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness… Read the whole commentary →