Romans 7:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

In the past the law held us as prisoners, but our old selves died, and we were made free from the law. So now we serve God in a new way, not in the old way, with the written rules. Now we serve God in the new way, with the Spirit.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:6

He made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people. It is not an agreement of written laws, but it is of the Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my brothers and sisters, your old selves died and you became free from the law through the body of Christ. Now you belong to someone else. You belong to the one who was raised from death. We belong to Christ so that we can be used in service to God.

Romans 6:4

So when we were baptized, we were buried with Christ and took part in his death. And just as Christ was raised from death by the wonderful power of the Father, so we can now live a new life.

Galatians 3:13

The law says we are under a curse for not always obeying it. But Christ took away that curse. He changed places with us and put himself under that curse. The Scriptures say, “Anyone who is hung on a tree is under a curse.”

Colossians 3:10

Now you are wearing a new life, a life that is new every day. You are growing in your understanding of the one who made you. You are becoming more and more like him.

Galatians 6:15

It doesn’t matter if anyone is circumcised or not. The only thing that matters is this new life we have from God.

Romans 12:2

Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from sin. You have become slaves of God, and the result is that you live only for God. This will bring you eternal life.

2 Corinthians 5:17

When anyone is in Christ, it is a whole new world. The old things are gone; suddenly, everything is new!

Romans 7:1

Brothers and sisters, you all understand the Law of Moses. So surely you know that the law rules over people only while they are alive.

Romans 6:2

Of course not! Our old sinful life ended. It’s dead. So how can we continue living in sin?

Romans 6:19

I use this example from everyday life because you need help in understanding spiritual truths. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to your immoral and sinful thoughts. The result was that you lived only for sin. In the same way, you must now offer yourselves to be slaves to what is right. Then you will live only for God.

Romans 6:11

In the same way, you should see yourselves as being dead to the power of sin and alive for God through Christ Jesus.

Romans 1:9

Every time I pray, I always remember you. God knows this is true. He is the one I serve with all my heart by telling people the Good News about his Son. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you. It will happen if God wants it.

Ezekiel 11:19

I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.

Philippians 3:3

But we are the ones who have the true circumcision—we who worship God through his Spirit. We don’t trust in ourselves or anything we can do. We take pride only in Christ Jesus.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will also put a new spirit in you to change your way of thinking. I will take out the heart of stone from your body and give you a tender, human heart.

Romans 7:2

It’s like what the law says about marriage: A woman must stay married to her husband as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is made free from the law of marriage.

Ephesians 4:24

Be that new person who was made to be like God, truly good and pleasing to him.