Romans 6:13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of justice unto God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.
14For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law, but under grace.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:16For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom : and his tongue shall speak judgment.
Isaiah 3:10Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his 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 sinneth, the same shall die.
Luke 15:24Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:24Amen, amen I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to 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 →