Romans 6:13
neither present your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;
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In Context
12Do not let then sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;
14for sin will not have lordship over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:16for anyone doing these things, anyone doing iniquity, [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, || And his tongue speaks judgment.
Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that [it is] good, || Because they eat the fruit of their doings.
Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all the souls are Mine, || As the soul of the father, || So also the soul of the son—they are Mine, || The soul that is sinning—it dies.
Luke 15:24because this son of mine was dead, and lived again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, he who is hearing My word, and is believing Him who sent Me, has continuous life, and he does not come into judgment, but has passed out of 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 →