Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
1What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We 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 live a new life.
5For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,6:6 Or be rendered powerless that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Slaves to Righteousness
15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
19I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in6:23 Or through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nkwa Wɔ Kristo Mu
1Afei, asɛm bɛn na yɛbɛka? Yɛbɛkɔ so atena bɔne mu, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a adom bɛdɔɔso anaa? 2Ɛnte saa koraa! Yɛawu ama bɔne, na adɛn enti na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛkɔ so tena bɔne mu? 3Anaa monnim sɛ ɛberɛ a wɔbɔɔ yɛn asu hyɛɛ Kristo Yesu mu no, wɔbɔɔ yɛn asu hyɛɛ ne wuo mu? 4Ɛberɛ a wɔbɔɔ yɛn asu no, yɛwuiɛ, na wɔsiee yɛn ne Kristo. Sɛdeɛ Agya Onyankopɔn nam nʼanimuonyam so nyanee Kristo firii awufoɔ mu baa nkwa mu no, saa ara nso na seesei yɛte ase wɔ nkwa foforɔ mu.
5Na sɛ yɛne no ayɛ baako wɔ ne wuo mu a, wɔbɛfa saa ɛkwan korɔ no ara so anyane yɛn aba nkwa mu, na yɛne no ayɛ baako. 6Yɛnim sɛ wɔbɔɔ yɛn nipadua dada no ne Kristo asɛnnua mu. Wɔyɛɛ yei sɛdeɛ nipadua dada a ɛyɛ bɔne no renyɛ bɔne nkoa bio, 7ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ onipa wu a, na wɔayi no afiri bɔne tumi ase.
8Sɛ yɛne Kristo awu a, yɛwɔ gyidie sɛ yɛne no bɛtena. 9Ɛfiri sɛ, yɛnim sɛ wɔanyane Kristo afiri owuo mu na ɔrenwu bio. Owuo nni ne so tumi bio. 10Owuo a ɔwuiɛ no, ɔwuu prɛko maa bɔne, na ase a ɔte yi, ɔte ase ma Onyankopɔn.
11Ɛno enti, saa ɛkwan korɔ ara so no, ɛsɛ sɛ mofa mo ho sɛ moawu ama bɔne, na mote ase ma Onyankopɔn wɔ Kristo Yesu mu. 12Ɛnsɛ sɛ bɔne di mo nipadua a ɛwuiɛ no so na amma mo anyɛ bɔne. 13Saa ara nso, ɛnsɛ sɛ mogyaa mo honam akwaa biara ma bɔne sɛ nneɛma a wɔde di amumuyɛsɛm. Na mmom, momfa mo ho mma Onyankopɔn sɛ nnipa a wɔanyane mo afiri owuo mu aba nkwa mu. Momfa mo ho nyinaa mma no, na ɔmfa mo nyɛ tenenee nnwuma. 14Ɛnsɛ sɛ bɔne di mo so, ɛfiri sɛ monnhyɛ mmara ase, na mmom, mohyɛ adom ase.
Tenenee Nkoa
15Ɛdeɛn bio? Esiane sɛ yɛnhyɛ mmara ase na yɛhyɛ adom ase no enti, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛkɔ so yɛ bɔne anaa? Dabi! 16Monnim sɛ, deɛ motie no ara na ne nkoa ne mo anaa? Sɛ ɛyɛ bɔne a ɛde kɔ owuo mu, anaasɛ ɔsetie a ɛde kɔ tenenee mu. 17Nanso, yɛda Onyankopɔn ase! Ɛfiri sɛ, berɛ bi a atwam no a na moyɛ bɔne nkoa no, mode mo akoma nyinaa tiee nkyerɛkyerɛ a wɔde maa mo no. 18Wɔagye mo afiri bɔne mu ma moabɛyɛ nkoa ama tenenee.
19Esiane mo nipasu enti, mede nkoasom ho mfonitwa reboa mo ama moate yeinom nyinaa ase. Sɛdeɛ mmerɛ bi mode mo ho nyinaa maeɛ sɛ afideɛ ne amumuyɛsɛm nkoa no, afei deɛ momfa nyɛ nkoa mma tenenee nkɔ kronkronyɛ mu. 20Ɛberɛ a na moyɛ bɔne nkoa no, na teneneeyɛ nni mo so tumi. 21Moyɛɛ nneɛma a afei deɛ mo ani wu wɔ ho no, mfasoɔ bɛn na monyaeɛ? Deɛ ɛkɔwieɛ ne owuo. 22Nanso, seesei wɔagye mo afiri owuo mu ama moabɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nkoa. Mfasoɔ a monya wɔ mu no kɔ kronkronyɛ mu, na deɛ ɛfiri mu ba yɛ nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ. 23Na bɔne so akatua yɛ owuo, nanso Onyankopɔn akyɛdeɛ yɛ nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ, wɔ Kristo Yesu yɛn AWURADE mu.
