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Romans 6

Dead to sin, alive to God

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Rm 6:1Quid ergō dīcēmus?What then shall we say? Rm 6:1Permanēbimus in peccātō ut grātia abundet?Shall we remain in sin so that grace may abound? Rm 6:2Absit.Far from it. Rm 6:2Quī enim mortuī sumus peccātō, quōmodo adhūc vīvēmus in illō?For we who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it? Rm 6:3An ignōrātis quia quīcumque baptizātī sumus in Chrīstō Jēsū, in morte ipsīus baptizātī sumus?Or are you ignorant that whoever of us have been baptized in Christ Jesus, have been baptized in his death? Rm 6:4Cōnsepultī enim sumus cum illō per baptismum in mortem: ut quōmodo Chrīstus surrēxit ā mortuīs per glōriam Patris, ita et nōs in novitāte vītae ambulēmus.For we have been buried together with him through baptism into death: so that as Christ rose from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life. Rm 6:5Sī enim complantātī factī sumus similitūdinī mortis ejus: simul et resurrēctiōnis erimus.For if we have been made planted together in the likeness of his death: together we shall be so of his resurrection too.

Rm 6:6Hoc scientēs, quia vetus homō noster simul crucifīxus est, ut dēstruātur corpus peccātī, et ultrā nōn serviāmus peccātō.Knowing this, that our old man has been crucified together with him, so that the body of sin may be destroyed, and we may no longer serve sin. Rm 6:7Quī enim mortuus est, jūstificātus est ā peccātō.For he who has died, has been justified from sin. Rm 6:8Sī autem mortuī sumus cum Chrīstō, crēdimus quia simul etiam vīvēmus cum Chrīstō, scientēs quod Chrīstus resurgēns ex mortuīs jam nōn moritur: mors illī ultrā nōn dominābitur.But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live together with Christ, knowing that Christ, rising from the dead, no longer dies: death will no longer have lordship over him. Rm 6:10Quod enim mortuus est peccātō, mortuus est semel: quod autem vīvit, vīvit Deō.For in that he died to sin, he died once: but in that he lives, he lives to God. Rm 6:11Ita et vōs exīstimāte vōs mortuōs quidem esse peccātō, vīventēs autem Deō, in Chrīstō Jēsū Dominō nostrō.So you too reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but living to God, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rm 6:12Nōn ergō regnet peccātum in vestrō mortālī corpore ut obēdiātis concupīscentiīs ejus.Let sin therefore not reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. Rm 6:13Sed neque exhibeātis membra vestra arma inīquitātis peccātō: sed exhibēte vōs Deō, tamquam ex mortuīs vīventēs: et membra vestra arma jūstitiae Deō.But neither present your members as weapons of iniquity to sin: but present yourselves to God, as living from the dead: and your members as weapons of justice to God. Rm 6:14Peccātum enim vōbīs nōn dominābitur: nōn enim sub lēge estis, sed sub grātiā.For sin will not have lordship over you: for you are not under law, but under grace. Rm 6:15Quid ergō?What then? Rm 6:15Peccābimus, quoniam nōn sumus sub lēge, sed sub grātiā?Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? Rm 6:15Absit.Far from it. Rm 6:16Nescītis quoniam cui exhibētis vōs servōs ad obēdiendum, servī estis ejus, cui obēdītis, sīve peccātī ad mortem, sīve obēdītiōnis ad jūstitiam?Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as slaves for obeying, you are slaves of him whom you obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto justice?

Rm 6:17Grātiās autem Deō quod fuistis servī peccātī, obēdīstis autem ex corde in eam fōrmam doctrīnae, in quam trāditī estis.But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of teaching, into which you have been handed over. Rm 6:18Līberātī autem ā peccātō, servī factī estis jūstitiae.And having been freed from sin, you have become slaves of justice. Rm 6:19Hūmānum dīcō, propter īnfirmitātem carnis vestrae: sīcut enim exhibuistis membra vestra servīre immunditiae, et inīquitātī ad inīquitātem, ita nunc exhibēte membra vestra servīre jūstitiae in sānctificātiōnem.I speak a human thing, on account of the weakness of your flesh: for just as you presented your members to serve uncleanness, and iniquity unto iniquity, so now present your members to serve justice unto sanctification. Rm 6:20Cum enim servī essētis peccātī, līberī fuistis jūstitiae.For when you were slaves of sin, you were free of justice. Rm 6:21Quem ergō frūctum habuistis tunc in illīs, in quibus nunc ērubēscitis?What fruit then did you have then in those things, at which you now blush? Rm 6:21Nam fīnis illōrum mors est.For the end of those things is death.

Rm 6:22Nunc vērō līberātī ā peccātō, servī autem factī Deō, habētis frūctum vestrum in sānctificātiōnem, fīnem vērō vītam aeternam.But now, having been freed from sin, and having become slaves to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and as the end eternal life. Rm 6:23Stīpendia enim peccātī, mors.For the wages of sin, death. Rm 6:23Grātia autem Deī, vīta aeterna, in Chrīstō Jēsū Dominō nostrō.But the grace of God, eternal life, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (120 words)
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
ergō (adv.)therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
permaneō, -manēre, -mānsi, -mānsusremain
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
peccātum, -ī n.fault, sin
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
grātia, -ae, f.favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite
abundō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumoverflow; have plenty of, abound in (+ abl.)
absum, abesse, āfuī, āfutūrusbe away, be absent, be distant; be wanting
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
enim, conj.for
morior, morī, mortuusdie
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
quōmodo (adv.)how; in what way
adhūc, adv.to this point, up to this time, yet, still
vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctuslive
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
an, conj.or (in questions)
ignōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusbe ignorant of
quia (conj.)because
quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumquewhoever, whatever
baptizō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumbaptize, dip in water
mors, mortīs, f.death
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
cōnsepeliō, -īre, -īvī, -sepultusbury together with
cum, prep, with abl.with
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
baptismus, -ī m.baptism, ritual washing
surgō, -ere, surrēxī, surrēctusrise, get up, stand up
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
mortuus, -a, -umdead
glōria, -ae, f.glory
pater, patris, m.father
ita, adv.in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
nōsplur. of ego
novitās, -tātis, f.newness, novelty
vīta, -ae, f.life
ambulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumwalk
sī, conj.if
complantō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusplant together; complantati: grown together, united
faciō, facere, fēcī, factusmake, do; iter facere, see iter
similitūdō, -inis f.likeness, resemblance
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
simul, adv.at the same time; simul atque or ac, as soon as
resurrēctiō, -ōnis f.rising again, resurrection
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītusknow
vetus, veterisold, former
homō, hominis, m.man
noster, -tra, -trumour
crucifīgō, -ere, -fīxī, -fīxuscrucify, fasten to a cross
dēstruō, -ere, -strūxī, -strūctuspull down, demolish
corpus, corporis, n.body
ultrā (prep. + acc.)beyond
nōn, adv.not
serviō, -ire, -īvī, -ītusbe subject to, serve
iūstificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusjustify, make or declare righteous
autem, conj.moreover; but, however; now
crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditusbelieve
etiam, adv.and now, also, too, even
quod, conj.that, in that, because
resurgō, -ere, -surrēxī, -surrēctumrise again, rise from the dead
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
iam, adv.now, already
dominor, -ārī, -ātus sumbe master, rule
semel (adv.)once (semel atque iterum: again and again)
deus, -ī, m.god
vōsplur. of tū
exīstimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusconsider, believe, think
quidem, adv.in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even
dominus, -ī m.master, owner
regnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusreign, rule
vester, -tra, -trumyour
mortālis, -emortal
oboediō, -īre, -īvī, -ītumobey (+ dat.)
concupīscentia, -ae f.desire, longing, craving
sed, conj.but
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
exhibeō, -ēre, -uī, -itusshow, display, present
membrum, -ī, n.limb, member
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.arms, weapons
inīquitās, -ātis f.unevenness; unfairness, difficulty
tamquam (adv., conj.)as, just as; as if
iūstitia, -ae f.justice, fairness
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.under; sub vesperum, towards evening
lēx, lēgis f.law
peccō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumdo wrong
quoniam, conj.since now, since
nesciō, -scīre, -scīvīnot know, be ignorant; nesciō quis, I know not who, some one or other (nesciō is thus used with other interrogative words also)
servus, -ī, m.slave, servant
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
sīve or seu, conj.or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or
oboedītiō (obēdītiō), -ōnis f.obedience
cor, cordis n.heart
fōrma, -ae, f.form, appearance; beauty
doctrīna, -ae f.teaching
trādō, -dere, -didī, -ditusgive across, over, or up, deliver; hand down, relate, report
līberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusset free, free, liberate, release
hūmānus, -a, -umof man, human
propter, prep. with acc.on account of, because of
īnfirmitās, -ātis f.weakness; fickleness
carō, carnis, f.flesh
sīcut (conj.)just as
immunditia, -ae f.uncleanness, impurity
nunc, adv.now
sānctificātiō, -ōnis f.sanctification, holiness, consecration
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
līber, lībera, līberumfree
quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj.what?
frūctus, -ūs, m.enjoyment; fruit
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
tunc (adv.)then, at that time
ērubēscō, -ere, -rubuīblush, feel ashamed
nam, conj.for
fīnis, -is, m.end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country
vērō, adv.in truth, indeed; however
aeternus, -a, -umeverlasting, eternal
stīpendium, -ī, n.tax, tribute
Vulgate, Epistula ad Romanos. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.