¹What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

¹Hvad skulle vi da sige? skulde vi blive ved i Synden, for at Nåden kunde blive desto større?

²May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

²Det være langt fra! Vi, som jo ere døde fra Synden, hvorledes skulle vi endnu leve i den?

³Or don’t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

³Eller vide I ikke, at vi, så mange som bleve døbte til Kristus Jesus, bleve døbte til hans Død?

⁴We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

⁴Vi bleve altså begravne med ham ved Dåben til Døden, for at, ligesom Kristus blev oprejst fra de døde ved Faderens Herlighed, således også vi skulle vandre i et nyt Levned.

⁵For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

⁵Thi ere vi blevne sammenvoksede med ham ved hans Døds Afbillede, skulle vi dog også være det ved hans Opstandelses,

⁶knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

⁶idet vi erkende dette, at vort gamle Menneske blev korsfæstet med ham, for at Syndens Legeme skulde blive til intet, for at vi ikke mere skulde tjene Synden.

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

⁷Thi den, som er død, er retfærdiggjort fra Synden.

⁸But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

⁸Men dersom vi ere døde med Kristus, da tro vi, at vi også skulle leve med ham,

⁹knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!

⁹efterdi vi vide, at Kristus, efter at være oprejst fra de døde, ikke mere dør; Døden hersker ikke mere over ham.

¹⁰For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

¹⁰Thi det, han døde, døde han een Gang fra Synden; men det, han lever, lever han for Gud.

¹¹Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹¹Således skulle også I anse eder selv for døde fra Synden, men levende for Gud i Kristus Jesus.

¹²Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

¹²Så lad da ikke Synden herske i eders dødelige Legeme, så I lyde dets Begæringer;

¹³Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

¹³fremstiller ej heller eders Lemmer for Synden som Uretfærdigheds Våben; men fremstiller eder selv for Gud som sådanne, der fra døde ere blevne levende,og eders Lemmer som Retfærdigheds Våben for Gud.

¹⁴For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

¹⁴Thi Synd skal ikke herske over eder I ere jo ikke under Lov, men under Nåde.

¹⁵What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

¹⁵Hvad da? skulde vi Synde, fordi vi ikke ere under Lov, men under Nåde? Det være langt fra!

¹⁶Don’t you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

¹⁶Vide I ikke, at når I fremstille eder for en som Tjenere til Lydighed, så ere I hans Tjenere, hvem I lyde, enten Syndens til Død, eller Lydighedens til Retfærdighed?

¹⁷But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

¹⁷Men Gud ske Tak, fordi I have været Syndens Tjenere, men bleve af Hjertet lydige imod den Læreform, til hvilken I bleve overgivne.

¹⁸Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

¹⁸Og frigjorde fra Synden bleve I Retfærdighedens Tjenere.

¹⁹I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

¹⁹Jeg taler på menneskelig Vis på Grund af eders Køds Skrøbelighed. Ligesom I nemlig fremstillede eders Lemmer som Tjenere for Urenheden og Lovløsheden til Lovløshed, således fremstiller nu eders Lemmer som Tjenere for Retfærdigheden, til Helliggørelse!

²⁰For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

²⁰Thi da I vare Syndens Tjenere, vare I frie over for Retfærdigheden.

²¹What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

²¹Hvad for Frugt havde I da dengang? Ting, ved hvilke I nu skamme eder; Enden derpå er jo Død.

²²But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

²²Men nu, da I ere blevne frigjorde fra Synden og ere blevne Guds Tjenere, have I eders Frugt til Helliggørelse og som Enden derpå et evigt Liv;

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

²³thi Syndens Sold er Død, men Guds Nådegave er et evigt Liv i Kristus Jesus, vor Herre.