Romans 6

1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

1 那么，我们该怎么说呢？我们可以继续犯罪，使恩典更丰富吗？

2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

2 当然不可！我们既然向罪死了，岂可继续活在罪中？

3 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

3 难道你们不知道，我们受洗归属基督耶稣是和祂一同死吗？

4 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.

4 所以，我们借着洗礼和祂同死同埋葬了，为要行事为人有新生命的样式，正如基督借着父的荣耀从死里复活一样。

5 For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.

5 我们如果已经在基督的死亡上与祂联合，也必在祂的复活上与祂联合。

6 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.

6 我们知道，我们的旧人已经和祂一同被钉在十字架上，使辖制我们身体的罪失去力量，使我们不再做罪的奴隶。

7 For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

7 因为死去的人已经脱离了罪。

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

8 我们如果已经与基督同死，相信也必与祂同活。

9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.

9 因为我们知道，基督既然从死里复活了，就不会再死，死亡也不能再控制祂。

10 The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

10 祂死，是向罪死，只死一次；祂活，却是向上帝活着。

11 So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

11 同样，你们在基督耶稣里应当看自己是向罪死了，向上帝活着。

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

12 所以，不要让罪辖制你们必死的身体，使你们顺从身体的私欲。

13 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.

13 也不要将你们的肢体献给罪作不义的工具，而是要像一个从死里复活的人将自己献给上帝，把你们的肢体献给上帝作义的工具。

14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

14 罪不能再主宰你们，因为你们已经不在律法之下，而是在恩典之中。

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!

15 那么，我们在恩典之中，不在律法之下，就可以任意犯罪吗？当然不可！

16 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?

16 你们难道不明白吗？你们献身为奴服从谁，就是谁的奴隶。做罪的奴隶，结局是死亡；做上帝的奴仆，就被称为义人。

17 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.

17 感谢上帝！你们从前虽然做过罪的奴隶，现在却衷心服从了所传给你们的教导，

18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

18 从罪中得到释放，成为义的奴仆。

19 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.

19 因为你们有人性的软弱，我就用简单的话向你们解释。以前你们将肢体献给肮脏不法的事，任其奴役，助长不法。现在你们要将肢体献给义，为义效劳，成为圣洁的人。

20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.

20 你们做罪的奴隶时，不受义的约束，

21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

21 做了现在引以为耻的事，得到什么益处呢？那些事只能导致死亡！

22 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.

22 但现在你们已从罪中得到释放，做了上帝的奴仆，结果使你们圣洁，最终得到永生。

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

23 因为罪的代价就是死亡，而上帝借着我们的主基督耶稣赐下的礼物则是永生。