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Thereforeοὖνdo notΜὴlet sinἡ ἁμαρτίαreignβασιλευέτωinἐνyour mortalτῷ θνητῷ ὑμῶνbody,σώματιso thatεἰς τὸyou obeyὑπακούεινits desires;ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ
Romans 6:12
Study it in the app“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires;”
Count yourselves dead to sin and alive to God: sin will no longer ruleTemptation
With the Greek beneath
Romans 6:12, word by word
- let sinἁμαρτίαhamartia
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartia” appears- reignβασιλευέτωbasileuetō
reign, be king
Reign, be king, rule; also begin to reign.
Where else “basileuetō” appears- your mortalθνητῷthnētōi
mortal
Mortal: subject to death.
Where else “thnētōi” appears- bodyσώματιsōmati
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmati” appears- you obeyὑπακούεινhypakouein
obey
To listen and obey.
Where else “hypakouein” appears- its desiresἐπιθυμίαιςepithymiais
lust
Wanting what is forbidden, wrong cravings.
Where else “epithymiais” appears
The context
11So you also consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in the Messiah Jesus.
12 · This verse (above)
13and do not present your members as weapons of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness to God.
To study Romans 6 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say is the pay of sin and the gift of God? (v. 23)
2. What it means
Paul asks whether we should continue in sin so that grace may increase, and answers no (vv. 1-2). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to offer ourselves to God (v. 13). What concrete step could you take this week to live by what you value?