Dead to Sin, Alive to God

(2 Corinthians 4:7–18)

What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 vvv Certainly not! How {can we} who died to sin live in it any longer? 3 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 vvv We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from [the] dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

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For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, vvv vvv we will certainly also be [united with Him] vvv in His resurrection. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with [Him] so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, [that] we {should} no longer be slaves to sin. 7 For [anyone who] has died has been freed from sin.

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Now if we died with Christ, we believe that vvv we will also live with Him. 9 [For] we know that [since] Christ was raised from [the] dead, He cannot die again death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 [The death] He died, He died to sin once for all; but [the life] He lives, He lives to God. 11 So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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Therefore vvv do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. 13 {Do} not present the parts of your [body] to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as [those who have been] [brought] from death to life; and [present] the parts of your [body] to [Him] as instruments of righteousness. 14 For sin vvv shall not be your master because you are not under law, but under grace.

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