¹ Therefore, what will we say? Are we remaining in the sin in-order-that the grace {Or: favor; and so elsewhere in the letters to the congregations} may increase?

² Let it not happen! We who died to the sin, how will we still be living in it?

³ Or are you° ignorant that as many as were immersed$ into Christ Jesus were immersed$ into his death?

⁴ Therefore, we were buried together-with him through the immersion$ into his death, in-order-that just-like Christ was raised up from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we might also walk in newness of life.

⁵ For$ if we have become unified together-with him in the likeness of his death, but also, we will be unified with him in the likeness of the resurrection.

⁶ Knowing this, that our old man was crucified together-with him, in-order-that the body of the sin might be done-away, for us no longer to be enslaved to the sin,

⁷ for$ he who died has been made righteous away from the sin.

⁸ But if we died together-with Christ, we believe that we will also be living together-with him,

⁹ knowing that Christ was raised up from the dead dies no more; death has no more lordship over him.

¹⁰ For$ what death he died, he died to the sin once for all, but what life he lives, he is living to God.

¹¹ So you° also, count° yourselves to be indeed dead to the sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹² Therefore, do not let the sin reign in your° mortal body, $that$ you° may obey$ it in its lusts,

¹³ nor present° your° members as weapons of unrighteousness to the sin, but present° yourselves to God, as living from the dead and your° members as weapons of righteousness to God.

¹⁴ For$ sin will not have lordship over you°, for$ you° are not under the law, but under grace.

¹⁵ Therefore, what? Will we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? Let it not happen!

¹⁶ Do you° not know, that to what you° present yourselves as bondservants to obedience, you° are the bondservants to what you° obey$, either of sin to death or of obedience to righteousness?

¹⁷ But gratitude is to God, that, though you° were bondservants of the sin, but you° obeyed$ from the heart the pattern {Or: example (see 6:3-6)} of teaching to which you° were given,

¹⁸ and were made free from the sin, you° were enslaved to the righteousness.

¹⁹ I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your° flesh, for$ just-like you° presented your° members as bondservants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness leading to more of the lawlessness, so now present° your° members as bondservants to the righteousness leading to holiness.

²⁰ For$ when you° were bondservants of the sin, you° were free in regard to the righteousness.

²¹ Therefore, what fruit were you° holding then in which things you° are now ashamed? For$ the end of those things is death.

²² But now, were made free from the sin and were enslaved to God, you° have your° fruit leading to holiness and the end everlasting life.

²³ For$ the compensations of the sin are death, but the gift$ of God is everlasting life in Christ Jesus our Lord.