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Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Romans 6:12

In 9 translations

BSB
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
KJV
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
WEB
Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
ASV
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:
LSV
Do not let then sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;
YLT
Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;
DBY
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.
DRC
Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.
GNV
Let not sinne reigne therefore in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in ye lusts therof:

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτῇ ἐν (“it in”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: ὑπακούειν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑπακούειν; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτῇ ἐν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Μὴ οὖν βασιλευέτω ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῷ θνητῷ ὑμῶν σώματι εἰς τὸ ὑπακούειν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ,
RP2018
Μὴ οὖν βασιλευέτω ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῷ θνητῷ ὑμῶν σώματι, εἰς τὸ ὑπακούειν αὐτῇ ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ·
TR-Boyd
Μὴ οὖν βασιλευέτω ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῷ θνητῷ ὑμῶν σώματι, εἰς τὸ ὑπακούειν αὐτῇ ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ·
SCR1894
μη ουν βασιλευετω η αμαρτια εν τω θνητω υμων σωματι εις το υπακουειν αυτη εν ταις επιθυμιαις αυτου

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Galatians 5:16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  • Romans 6:16Do 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?
  • Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
  • Romans 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • 1 John 2:15–17Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is…
  • 2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • Psalms 19:13Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
  • 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:11For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
  • 1 Peter 4:2–3Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God. For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in…
  • Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
  • Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
  • Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
  • Romans 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
  • Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
  • 1 Corinthians 15:53–54For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written…

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