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Romans 6:15-23

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15I suppose that certain people might think about what I have just said and they might say RHQ, “ You say that the laws God gave Moses did not enable us to stop sinning, but that God is now treating us kindly in ways we do not deserve. ◄ That seems to mean that God permits us to continue sinning./ Does that mean that God permits us to continue sinning?► RHQ” My reply to that is no, we should certainly not continue sinning
16Slaves have to obey what their masters command MET them to do. ◄I want you to remember this./Do you not know this?► RHQ Similarly, if you present yourselves to someone in order to obey him, you will be the slaves MET of the person you obey. Similarly, if you have yielded yourselves to do the sinful things you desire, you are slaves of your sinful desires PRS, and you will be eternally separated from God. If you have yielded yourselves to obey God, you are slaves of God and you need to live righteously.
17You were once slaves to your sinful desires. But you began to sincerely obey the new teaching MET that you were taught {that people taught you}. I thank God for that.
18I also thank God that you have been freed { that he has freed you} from being controlled by a desire to sin, and that you have become as though you were slaves MET to living righteously MET.
19I am illustrating what I say by talking about slavery because your human nature prevents you from understanding spiritual truth easily. In the past you willingly did the immoral and unlawful things that your minds compelled your bodies to do MET, just like slaves do what their masters compel them to do. As a result, you did even more unlawful things. Now, you need to willingly allow your minds to compel your bodies to act righteously MET, in order that you will behave in a holy/pure way.
20When you were like slaves because your sinful desires compelled you to do sinful things MET, you were not concerned about behaving righteously MET.
21Nevertheless, doing those things resulted in your being separated from God, so you did not benefit at all from doing the sinful things that you are now ashamed of. RHQ
22But you have been freed { God has freed you} from letting the desire to sin control you. You have become as though you are MET the slaves of God. So now the result is that God has caused you to completely belong to him and, as a result, you will live eternally.
23What people receive for sinning is that they are eternally separated from God. That is like wages that people receive MET. But what God gives us is a gift. What he gives us is that we live eternally because of our relationship with (OR, because we are united to) Christ Jesus our Lord.

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