Romans 6:12
Therefore do not let sin rule in your mortal body in order that you may obey its lusts.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 13:40If a man's hair has fallen out of his head, he is bald, but he is clean.
Deuteronomy 7:2It is Yahweh your God who gives them over to you when you defeat them, and then you must completely destroy them. You will make no covenant with them, and show them no mercy.
Judges 2:3So now I say, 'I will not drive the Canaanites out before you, but they will become thorns in your sides, and their gods will become a trap for you.'”
Psalms 119:133Direct my footsteps by your word; 1 do not let any sin rule me. 1
Romans 5:21This happened so that, as sin ruled in death, even so grace might rule through righteousness for everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:16Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves is the one to which you are obedient, the one you must obey? This is true whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or slaves to obedience which leads to righteousness.
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 →