6What shall we say, then?^y Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?^z ²By no means! We are those who have died to sin;^a how can we live in it any longer? ³Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized^b into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death^c in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead^d through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.^e

⁵For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.^f ⁶For we know that our old self^g was crucified with him^h so that the body ruled by sinⁱ might be done away with,^a that we should no longer be slaves to sin^j—⁷because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.^k

⁸Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.^l

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Romans 6:4: We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

Footnotes

aOr be rendered powerless

Cross references

ySee Ro 8:31
zver 15; Ro 3:5, 8
aSee ver 6; ver 10, 11; See ver 18; Ro 8:13; Col 3:3, 5; 1 Pe 2:24
bSee Mt 28:19
cSee ver 6
dSee Ac 2:24
e Ro 7:6; See 2 Co 5:17; Eph 4:22–24; Col 3:10
fver 4, 8; Ro 8:11; 2 Co 4:10; Eph 2:6; Php 3:10, 11; Col 2:12; 3:1; 2 Ti 2:11
gSee Gal 5:24; Eph 4:22; Col 3:9
hSee ver 2; ver 3–8; 2 Co 4:10; Gal 2:20; 5:24; 6:14; Php 3:10; Col 2:12, 20; 3:3
i Ro 7:24
jSee ver 16
kSee ver 18
lSee ver 5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply? Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be rendered powerless so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, since a person who has died is freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,

NLTNew Living Translation

Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase? May it never be! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live a new way of life. For if we have become identified with him in the likeness of his death, certainly also we will be identified with him in the likeness of his resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with him, in order that the body of sin may be done away with, that we may no longer be enslaved to sin. For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,

KJV 1900King James Version

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

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