Romans 6:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

or let any part of it become a slave of evil. Give yourselves to God, as people who have been raised from death to life. Make every part of your body a slave that pleases God.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:8

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. Decide now to obey the LORD our God! Come to Jerusalem and worship him in the temple that will belong to him for ever. Then he will stop being angry,

Psalm 37:30

Words of wisdom come when good people speak for justice.

Proverbs 12:18

Sharp words cut like a sword, but words of wisdom heal.

Isaiah 55:7

Give up your crooked ways and your evil thoughts. Return to the LORD our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins.

Ezekiel 18:4

The lives of all people belong to me—parents as well as children. Only those who sin will be put to death.

Daniel 3:28

King Nebuchadnezzar said: Praise their God for sending an angel to rescue his servants! They trusted their God and refused to obey my commands. Yes, they chose to die rather than to worship or serve any god except their own.

Luke 15:24

This son of mine was dead, but has now come back to life. He was lost and has now been found.” And they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:32

But we should be glad and celebrate! Your brother was dead, but he is now alive. He was lost and has now been found.”

John 5:24

I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.

Romans 1:29

They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip,

Romans 12:1

Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.

Romans 6:11

In the same way, you must think of yourselves as dead to the power of sin. But Christ Jesus has given life to you, and you live for God.

Romans 6:16

Don't you know that you are slaves of anyone you obey? You can be slaves of sin and die, or you can be obedient slaves of God and be acceptable to him.

Romans 6:19

I am using these everyday examples, because in some ways you are still weak. You used to let the different parts of your body be slaves of your evil thoughts. But now you must make every part of your body serve God, so that you will belong completely to him.

Romans 7:23

But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do.

Romans 7:5

When we thought only of ourselves, the Law made us have sinful desires. It made every part of our bodies into slaves who are doomed to die.

1 Corinthians 6:15

Don't you know that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? Is it right for me to join part of the body of Christ to a prostitute? No, it isn't!

1 Corinthians 6:20

God paid a great price for you. So use your body to honour God.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Don't you know that evil people won't have a share in the blessings of God's kingdom? Don't fool yourselves! No one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual

2 Corinthians 10:4

or fight our battles with the weapons of this world. Instead, we use God's power that can destroy fortresses. We destroy arguments

2 Corinthians 5:14

We are ruled by Christ's love for us. We are certain that if one person died for everyone else, then all of us have died.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And Christ did die for all of us. He died so we would no longer live for ourselves, but for the one who died and was raised to life for us.

2 Corinthians 8:5

And they did more than we had hoped. They gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, just as God wanted them to do.

Ephesians 5:14

Light shows up everything, just as the Scriptures say, “Wake up from your sleep and rise from death. Then Christ will shine on you.”

Deuteronomy 25:16

But the LORD is disgusted with anyone who cheats or is dishonest.

Philippians 1:20

I honestly expect and hope that I will never do anything to be ashamed of. Whether I live or die, I always want to be as brave as I am now and bring honour to Christ.

Colossians 2:13

You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins.

Colossians 3:5

Don't be controlled by your body. Kill every desire for the wrong kind of sex. Don't be immoral or indecent or have evil thoughts. Don't be greedy, which is the same as worshipping idols.

2 Thessalonians 2:12

All of them will be punished, because they would rather do evil than believe the truth.

2 Timothy 2:15

Do your best to win God's approval as a worker who doesn't need to be ashamed and who teaches only the true message.

James 4:1

Why do you fight and argue with each other? Isn't it because you are full of selfish desires that fight to control your body?

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried the burden of our sins. He was nailed to the cross, so that we would stop sinning and start living right. By his cuts and bruises you are healed.

1 Peter 4:2

It means you have turned from your own desires and want to obey God for the rest of your life.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.