Romans 6:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Leviticus 13:40

If you become bald on any part of your head, you are still clean.

Matthew 4:23

Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in the Jewish meeting places and preaching the good news about God's kingdom. He also healed every kind of disease and sickness.

Romans 15:1

If our faith is strong, we should be patient with the Lord's followers whose faith is weak. We should try to please them instead of ourselves.

Romans 3:5

If our evil deeds show how right God is, then what can we say? Is it wrong for God to become angry and punish us? What a foolish thing to ask.

Romans 6:13

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.

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 8:26

In certain ways we are weak, but the Spirit is here to help us. For example, when we don't know what to pray for, the Spirit prays for us in ways that cannot be put into words.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Stop being proud! Don't you know how a little yeast can spread through the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to be like that. But now the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of God's Spirit have washed you and made you holy and acceptable to God.

1 Corinthians 9:8

I am not saying this on my own authority. The Law of Moses tells us not to muzzle an ox when it is grinding grain. But was God concerned only about an ox?

Galatians 3:15

My friends, I will use an everyday example to explain what I mean. Once someone agrees to something, no one else can change or cancel the agreement.

Hebrews 12:15

Make sure that no one misses out on God's wonderful kindness. Don't let anyone become bitter and cause trouble for the rest of you.

Hebrews 4:15

Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin!