Romans 6 - EasyEnglish Bible 2024（EASY）

Chapter 6Sin has no authority in the lives of Christians

1Someone might say, ‘Perhaps we should continue to do wrong things. Then God can be kind to us in more and more ways.’

2No! Certainly we should not do that! Sin does not rule our lives any longer. That old life is dead! So it is not right that we should continue to do wrong things.

3Remember what our baptism shows. When they baptized us, it shows that we are united with Christ Jesus. It also shows that, because Christ died, our old life also died.

4Our baptism shows that they buried us, just like they buried Christ after his death. It is as if we died with him and they buried us with him. Because of that, God will also raise us, just as he raised Christ from death. God the Father is so great and powerful that he raised Christ to a new life. That means that we also can live our lives in a new way.

5We have become united with Christ, and we have died like he died. Because of that, we will also be united with him in his new life. Just like Christ rose, we also will rise to a new life.

6We know that God has caused our old nature to die with Christ on the cross. This happened so that God could make us free from the power of sin in our lives. We are no longer like slaves who have sin as their master.

7Sin no longer has any authority over someone who has died.

8So, if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

9God raised Christ, so that he became alive again after his death. Because of that, we know that he will never die again. Death no longer has any authority over him.

10When Christ died, he died once to destroy the power of sin for ever. Now that he is alive again, he lives to serve God.

11So you also should think about yourselves in the same way. Sin has no power over you, as if you were dead. In your new life, you live to serve God, because you belong to Christ Jesus.

12So do not let sin rule your life in this world. Do not do the wrong things that your body wants to do.

13Sin can use your body to do wicked things. So do not let any parts of your body serve sin as their master. Instead, be ready to serve God as your master. You can do that because you now have a new life. Your old life is dead. So give every part of your body to God. Then he will use you to do right things.

14Sin will no longer have authority over you. The Law which God gave to Moses does not control your life. God's grace now controls your life. Christians should choose to do what is right

15Someone might say, ‘So we have a new life because God is kind to us. God's Law that he gave to Moses does not rule us any more. Then maybe we should continue to do wrong things. It will not make any difference.’ No, that is not true!

16Remember this: when you agree to serve someone as a slave, you have to obey that person as your master. You may choose to serve sin as your master. If you do that, you will die. Or you may choose to obey God. If you do that, you will live in a way that is right.

17At one time, you were slaves to sin. But then you received God's true message, and you were happy to obey it. I thank God because of that!

18As a result, God has made you free from the power of sin. You are now like slaves who serve everything that is right and good.

19It is difficult for you to understand these things, because you are still weak. So I am using a human picture of slaves to help you to understand better. At one time, you agreed to serve bad things as your master. You let your body do wrong and disgusting things. You continued to do more and more bad things. So now, you must use your body to serve what is right and good. Then you will live in a good way that pleases God.

20When you were slaves to sin, you did not even have to think about what was right.

21You did things that you are ashamed about now. Nothing good came from them. In the end, the result of those things is death.

22But now God has made you free from the power of sin. You have become God's slaves. Many good things come from that, because God is helping you to live in a good way. The result is that you will live with him for ever.

23If you serve sin as your master, it will pay you with death. But if you belong to our Lord Jesus Christ, God gives you a gift! That gift is life with God for ever.