Evensoconsideryourselvesto be deadto sin,but aliveto Godin ChristJesus.
but thesehave been writtensothat you may believethat Jesusis the Christ,the Sonof God;and that believingyou may havelifein His name.
to the onlywiseGod,throughJesusChrist,be the gloryforever.Amen.
Therefore,having been justifiedby faith,we havepeacewith Godthroughour LordJesusChrist,
For the death that He died,He diedto sinonce for all;but the lifethat He lives, He livesto God.
and do not go on presentingthe membersof your body to sin[as] instrumentsof unrighteousness;but presentyourselvesto Godas those alivefrom the dead,and your members[as] instrumentsof righteousnessto God.
May it neverbe! Howshall we whodiedto sinstilllivein it?
For the wagesof sinis death,but the free giftof Godis eternallifein ChristJesusour Lord.
Therefore,my brethren,you alsowere made to dieto the Lawthroughthe bodyof Christ,sothat you might be joinedto another,to Him who was raisedfrom the dead,in orderthat we might bear fruitfor God.
But nowwe have been releasedfrom the Law,having diedto that by whichwe were bound,sothat we servein newnessof the Spiritand not in oldnessof the letter.
For I considerthat the sufferingsof thispresenttimeare not worthyto be compared with the glorythat is to be revealedto us.
For you have been boughtwith a price:thereforeglorifyGodin your body.
sothat in the agesto comeHe might showthe surpassingrichesof His gracein kindnesstowardus in ChristJesus.
having been filledwith the fruitof righteousnesswhich [comes] throughJesusChrist,to the gloryand praiseof God.
And the peaceof God,which surpassesallcomprehension,will guardyour heartsand your mindsin ChristJesus.
Ifyou have diedwith Christto the elementary principlesof the world,why,as ifyou were livingin the world,do you submit yourself to decrees,such as,
Whateveryou doin wordordeed,[do] allin the nameof the LordJesus,giving thanksthroughHim to Godthe Father.
and He Himselfboreour sinsin His bodyon the cross,sothat we might dieto sinand liveto righteousness;for by His woundsyou were healed.
you also,as livingstones,are being builtup as a spiritualhousefor a holypriesthood,to offerup spiritualsacrificesacceptableto GodthroughJesusChrist.
Whoeverspeaks,[is to do so] as onewho is speakingthe utterancesof God;whoeverserves[is to do] [so] as onewho is servingby the strengthwhichGodsupplies;sothat in all thingsGodmay be glorifiedthroughJesusChrist,to whombelongsthe gloryand dominionforeverand ever.Amen.
