Romans 66RomansNew life and the SpiritMurdock New Testament (Peshitta)

Murdock New Testament (Peshitta)Berean Standard Bible

1. Dead to Sin, Alive to God

   (2 Corinthians 4:7–18)

2. 1MURWhat shall we then say? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?BSBBSB: What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
3. 2MURFar be it: for if we are persons that have died to sin, how can we again live in it?BSBBSB: Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
4. 3MUROr do ye not know, that we who are baptized into Jesus Messiah, are baptized into his death?BSBBSB: Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
5. 4MURFor we are buried with him in baptism unto death; that as Jesus Messiah arose from the dead into the glory of his Father, so also we, to walk in a new life.BSBBSB: 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.
6. 5MURFor if we have been planted together with him into the likeness of his death, so shall we be also into his resurrection.BSBBSB: For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
7. 6MURFor we know, that our old man is crucified with him; that the body of sin might be abolished, and we be no more servants to sin:BSBBSB: 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.
8. 7MURfor he that is dead to it, is emancipated from sin.BSBBSB: For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
9. 8MURIf then we are dead with Messiah, let us believe that we shall live with the same Messiah.BSBBSB: Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
10. 9MURFor we know that Messiah rose from the dead, and no more dieth; death hath no dominion over him.BSBBSB: For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
11. 10MURFor in dying, he died for sin, once; and in living, he liveth unto God.BSBBSB: The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
12. 11MURSo also do ye account yourselves as being dead to sin, and alive to God, through our Lord Jesus Messiah.BSBBSB: So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
13. 12MURTherefore let not sin reign in your dead body, so that ye obey its lusts.BSBBSB: Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
14. 13MURAnd also give not up your members as instruments of evil unto sin, but give up yourselves to God, as those who have been resuscitated from the dead; and let your members be instruments for the righteousness of God.BSBBSB: 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.
15. 14MURAnd sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.BSBBSB: For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

16. The Wages of Sin

17. 15MURWhat then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? Far be it.BSBBSB: What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
18. 16MURKnow ye not, that to whomsoever ye give up yourselves to serve in bondage, his servants ye are, whom ye serve; whether it be to sin, or whether it be to righteousness, that ye give ear?BSBBSB: Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
19. 17MURBut thanks be to God, that ye were once the servants of sin but have now from the heart obeyed that form of doctrine to which ye are devoted.BSBBSB: But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
20. 18MURAnd when ye were emancipated from sin, ye became servants to righteousness.BSBBSB: You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
21. 19MUR-(I speak as among men, because of the infirmity of your flesh.)-As ye once gave up your members to the servitude of pollution and iniquity, so also now give ye up your members to the servitude of righteousness and sanctity.BSBBSB: I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
22. 20MURFor when ye were the servants of sin, ye were emancipated from righteousness.BSBBSB: For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
23. 21MURAnd what harvest had ye then, in that of which ye are now ashamed? For the result thereof is death.BSBBSB: What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
24. 22MURAnd now, as ye have been emancipated from sin, and have become servants to God, your fruits are holy; and the result thereof is life everlasting.BSBBSB: But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
25. 23MURFor the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is life eternal, through our Lord Jesus Messiah.BSBBSB: For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.