Romans · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Romans 6 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 What shall we say, then? shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
1 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; ἐπιμενοῦμεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἵνα ἡ χάρις πλεονάσῃ;
2 God forbid. For we that are dead to sin, how shall we live any longer therein?
2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
2 μὴ γένοιτο. οἵτινες ἀπεθάνομεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, πῶς ἔτι ζήσομεν ἐν αὐτῇ;
3 Know you not that all we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in his death?
3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
3 ἢ ἀγνοεῖτε ὅτι ὅσοι ἐβαπτίσθημεν εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, εἰς τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ ἐβαπτίσθημεν;
4 For we are buried together with him by baptism into death; that as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life.
4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
4 συνετάφημεν οὖν αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος εἰς τὸν θάνατον, ἵνα ὥσπερ ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν διὰ τῆς δόξης τοῦ πατρός, οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς περιπατήσωμεν.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.
5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;
5 εἰ γὰρ σύμφυτοι γεγόναμεν τῷ ὁμοιώματι τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἐσόμεθα,
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.
6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
6 τοῦτο γινώσκοντες, ὅτι ὁ παλαιὸς ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος συνεσταυρώθη ἵνα καταργηθῇ τὸ σῶμα τῆς ἁμαρτίας, τοῦ μηκέτι δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ·
7 For he that is dead is justified from sin.
7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.
7 ὁ γὰρ ἀποθανὼν δεδικαίωται ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall live also together with Christ:
8 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,
8 εἰ δὲ ἀπεθάνομεν σὺν Χριστῷ, πιστεύομεν ὅτι καὶ συζήσομεν αὐτῷ,
9 Knowing that Christ rising again from the dead, dieth now no more, death shall no more have dominion over him.
9 knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him!
9 εἰδότες ὅτι Χριστὸς ἐγερθεὶς ἐκ νεκρῶν οὐκέτι ἀποθνήσκει, θάνατος αὐτοῦ οὐκέτι κυριεύει.
10 For in that he died to sin, he died once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God:
10 For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.
10 ὃ γὰρ ἀπέθανε, τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἀπέθανεν ἐφάπαξ, ὃ δὲ ζῇ, ζῇ τῷ Θεῷ.
11 So do you also reckon, that you are dead to sin, but alive unto God, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
11 οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς λογίζεσθε ἑαυτοὺς νεκροὺς μὲν εἶναι τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, ζῶντας δὲ τῷ Θεῷ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.
12 Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.
12 Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
12 Μὴ οὖν βασιλευέτω ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῷ θνητῷ ὑμῶν σώματι εἰς τὸ ὑπακούειν αὐτῇ ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ,
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of justice unto God.
13 Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
13 μηδὲ παριστάνετε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν ὅπλα ἀδικίας τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, ἀλλὰ παραστήσατε ἑαυτοὺς τῷ Θεῷ ὡς ἐκ νεκρῶν ζῶντας καὶ τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν ὅπλα δικαιοσύνης τῷ Θεῷ.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law, but under grace.
14 For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
14 ἁμαρτία γὰρ ὑμῶν οὐ κυριεύσει· οὐ γάρ ἐστε ὑπὸ νόμον, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ χάριν.
15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
15 Τί οὖν; ἁμαρτήσομεν ὅτι οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑπὸ νόμον, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ χάριν; μὴ γένοιτο.
16 Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death, or of obedience unto justice.
16 Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
16 οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ᾧ παριστάνετε ἑαυτοὺς δούλους εἰς ὑπακοήν, δοῦλοί ἐστε ᾧ ὑπακούετε, ἤτοι ἁμαρτίας εἰς θάνατον ἢ ὑπακοῆς εἰς δικαιοσύνην;
17 But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart, unto that form of doctrine, into which you have been delivered.
17 But thanks be to God that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.
17 χάρις δὲ τῷ Θεῷ ὅτι ἦτε δοῦλοι τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ὑπηκούσατε δὲ ἐκ καρδίας εἰς ὃν παρεδόθητε τύπον διδαχῆς,
18 Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice.
18 Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.
18 ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ.
19 I speak an human thing, because of the infirmity of your flesh. For as you have yielded your members to serve uncleanness and iniquity, unto iniquity; so now yield your members to serve justice, unto sanctification.
19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
19 ἀνθρώπινον λέγω διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς ὑμῶν. ὥσπερ γὰρ παρεστήσατε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν δοῦλα τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ καὶ τῇ ἀνομίᾳ εἰς τὴν ἀνομίαν, οὕτω νῦν παραστήσατε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν δοῦλα τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ εἰς ἁγιασμόν.
20 For when you were the servants of sin, you were free men to justice.
20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
20 ὅτε γὰρ δοῦλοι ἦτε τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐλεύθεροι ἦτε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ.
21 What fruit therefore had you then in those things, of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.
21 What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
21 τίνα οὖν καρπὸν εἴχετε τότε ἐφ᾽ οἷς νῦν ἐπαισχύνεσθε; τὸ γὰρ τέλος ἐκείνων θάνατος.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end life everlasting.
22 But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.
22 νυνὶ δὲ ἐλευθερωθέντες ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας δουλωθέντες δὲ τῷ Θεῷ ἔχετε τὸν καρπὸν ὑμῶν εἰς ἁγιασμόν, τὸ δὲ τέλος ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
23 For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
23 τὰ γὰρ ὀψώνια τῆς ἁμαρτίας θάνατος, τὸ δὲ χάρισμα τοῦ Θεοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιος ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.
Cross references (23)
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- 1 1 Peter 2:16; Galatians 5:13; Romans 6:15; Romans 2:4; Romans 3:5–8
- 2 1 John 3:9; Colossians 3:3; 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 7:4; Galatians 2:19
- 3 Galatians 3:27; Galatians 2:20–21; Romans 6:8; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Romans 6:4–5
- 4 2 Corinthians 5:17; Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 4:22–24; 1 Peter 3:21; Romans 7:6
- 5 Philippians 3:10–11; Colossians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 4:10; Colossians 3:1; Romans 6:8–12
- 6 Galatians 2:20; Galatians 5:24; Ephesians 4:22; Galatians 6:14; John 8:34–36
- 7 1 Peter 4:1; Romans 8:1; Romans 7:4; Colossians 3:1–3; Romans 6:8
- 8 2 Timothy 2:11–12; Colossians 3:3–4; 2 Corinthians 4:10–14; 2 Corinthians 13:4; John 14:19
- 9 Romans 6:14; Revelation 1:18; Acts 2:24–28; Hebrews 10:12–13; Hebrews 2:14–15
- 10 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:6; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Hebrews 9:26–28
- 11 Colossians 3:3–5; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Romans 6:2; Colossians 3:17; Romans 6:13
- 12 Galatians 5:16; Romans 6:16; 1 John 2:15–17; Galatians 5:24; Romans 8:13
- 13 Romans 12:1; Romans 6:16; Colossians 3:5; 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 7:5
- 14 Galatians 5:18; Romans 8:2; Romans 7:4–11; Hebrews 8:10; Galatians 4:4–5
- 15 Titus 2:11–14; Ephesians 2:8–10; Romans 6:1–2; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Jude 4
- 16 John 8:34; Matthew 6:24; Joshua 24:15; 2 Peter 2:19; Romans 6:12–13
- 17 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Timothy 1:13; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 2:5–10; Romans 16:26
- 18 Romans 6:22; Galatians 5:1; Romans 8:2; John 8:32; Romans 6:7
- 19 Romans 6:13; 1 Peter 4:2–4; Colossians 3:5–7; Ephesians 2:2–3; 1 Corinthians 6:11
- 20 Romans 6:16–17; John 8:34
- 21 Romans 1:32; Romans 7:5; Romans 6:23; Galatians 6:7–8; Proverbs 14:12
- 22 1 Peter 2:16; Romans 6:18; Romans 8:2; Galatians 5:13; John 8:32
- 23 John 3:36; Romans 5:12; James 1:15; John 6:40; Ezekiel 18:20
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What I had before occasion to remark, that I mention here too, that he continually digresseth into exhortation, without making any twofold division as he does in the other Epistles, and setting apart the former portion for doctrines, and the latter for the care of moral instruction.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… up into heaven, as he himself [Paul] says: "But at the same time, [it, is] Christ [that] died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God." And again, "Knowing that Christ, rising from the dead, dieth no more:" for, as himself foreseeing, through the Spirit, the subdivisions of evil teachers [with regard to …
… thy soul by pleasing God." Our body, too, as a sacrifice when we chasten it by temperance, if we do so as we ought, for God's sake, that we may not yield our members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, but instruments of righteousness unto God. Exhorting to this sacrifice, the apostle says, "I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Hear, for instance, how of those passions Paul is ashamed, even after his deliverance from them, saying, "For what fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed?" But virtue, even after his labor, he affirms to be light, calling the laboriousness of our affliction momentary and "light," and rejoicing in his sufferings, and glorying in his …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For if thou hast been united with the likeness of the Saviour's death, thou shalt also be deemed worthy of His Resurrection.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)