6. And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin.
7. For when people die, they are set free from the power of sin.
8. Since we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
9. For we know that Christ has been raised from death and will never die again — death will no longer rule over him.
10. And so, because he died, sin has no power over him; and now he lives his life in fellowship with God.
11. In the same way you are to think of yourselves as dead, so far as sin is concerned, but living in fellowship with God through Christ Jesus.
12. Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self.
13. Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes.
14. Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.
15. What, then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under God's grace? By no means!
16. Surely you know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to obey someone, you are in fact the slaves of the master you obey — either of sin, which results in death, or of obedience, which results in being put right with God.