sinful things that our bodies [MET], which desire to sin, want us to do, and in order that we would no longer have to sin [MET], as slaves have to do what their masters want. We are, as it were, freed {free} from sinful desires [MET] controlling us, just like those who have died are free from anything controlling them. Since it is as though we died with Christ, we believe that we will continue to live with him. We know that since God enabled Christ to live again after he died, Christ will never