KJV King James Version
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
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Romans 6:12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
ASV American Standard Version
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;
Surrounding context — Romans 6
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΜὴG3361 · mēnotοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenβασιλευέτωG936 · basileuōto reignἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁμαρτίαG266 · hamartiasinἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoθνητῷG2349 · thnētosmortalὑμῶνG4771 · suyouσώματιG4983 · sōmabodyεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὑπακούεινG5219 · hupakouōto obeyταῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐπιθυμίαιςG1939 · epithumiadesireαὐτοῦ,G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Galatians 5:16[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.Romans 6:16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.Romans 8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.1 John 2:15-17Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Psalm 19:13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.2 Timothy 2:22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;2 Corinthians 4:11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.Romans 13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].Romans 2:8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,1 Peter 4:2-3That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.Titus 2:12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;Ephesians 2:3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.Ephesians 4:22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;1 Corinthians 15:53-54For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality.1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:Psalm 119:133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
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