1Yog le ntawd peb yuav has le caag? Peb yuav ua txujkev txhum ntxwv moog sub Vaajtswv txujkev hlub txhad tsaav quas zug tuaj lov? 2Tsw yog le ntawd. Peb kws tub tuag ntawm kev txhum lawm tseed yuav muaj sa rua huv kev txhum tau le caag? 3Mej tsw paub tas peb txhua tug kws ua kevcai raus dej rua huv Yexu Kheto kuj ua kevcai raus dej rua huv Yexu txujkev tuag lov? 4Peb raug muab log nrug Yexu ua ke ntawm qhov kws ua kevcai raus dej rua huv txujkev tuag hov, mas ib yaam le leej Txwv swv nwg tug fwjchim ci ntsaa ab tsaa tug Kheto sawv huv qhov tuag rov lug, peb txhad tau ua lub neej lawv le txujsa tshab ib yaam nkaus. 5Yog peb nrug Yexu koom txujkev tuag le has nuav, peb yeej yuav nrug nwg koom qhov kws sawv huv qhov tuag rov lug. 6Peb paub tas peb tug qub tub raug muab teem nrug Yexu rua sau tug ntoo khaublig sub peb lub cev qub kws muaj txem hov txhad raug muab ua puam tsuaj taag mas peb yuav tsw ua lub txem le qhev dua le lawm, 7tsua qhov tug kws tuag lawd kuj dim lub txem lawm. 8Yog peb tub nrug Kheto tuag lawm, peb ntseeg tas peb yuav muaj txujsa nrug nwg nyob hab. 9Peb yeej paub tas Kheto raug muab tsaa caj sawv huv qhov tuag rov lug hab nwg yuav tsw tuag dua le lawm. Txujkev tuag tsw muaj fwjchim kaav nwg lawm. 10Qhov kws nwg tuag hov nwg tuag ntawm lub txem tuab zag xwb mas txaus, tassws qhov kws nwg muaj txujsa nyob nwg nyob rua Vaajtswv. 11Ib yaam nkaus, mej ca le suav tas mej tuag ntawm lub txem hab muaj txujsa huv Yexu Kheto nyob rua Vaajtswv. 12Vem le nuav tsw xob kheev lub txem kaav mej lub cev kws txawj tuag kuas mej ua lawv le tej kev phem kws mej lub cev nqaj ntshaw. 13Tsw xob muab mej lub cev ib qho ua cuab yeej pub rua lub txem swv ua phem, tassws mej yuav tsum muab mej tug kheej kws zoo le cov tuabneeg kws raug tsaa sawv huv qhov tuag rov lug hov pub rua Vaajtswv swv hab muab mej lub cev txhua yaam ua tej cuab yeej kws swv ua num ncaaj nceeg pub rua Vaajtswv. 14Lub txem yuav tsw tswjfwm mej ntxwv moog lawm, tsua qhov mej tsw nyob huv qaab txuj kevcai lawm tassws nyob huv qaab txujkev hlub.
Txujkev ncaaj nceeg le qhev
15Yog le ntawd peb yuav ua le caag? Peb yuav ua txhum vem peb tsw nyob huv qaab txuj kevcai tassws nyob huv qaab txujkev hlub lov? Tsw tau le. 16Mej tsw paub lov? Yog mej yeem ua leejtwg le qhev hab noog nwg lug, mej kuj yog tug kws mej noog lug hov le qhev, yog ua lub txem le qhev kws coj moog txug kev tuag, lossws ua qhov kws noog lug le qhev kws coj moog txug txujkev ncaaj nceeg. 17Tassws ua Vaajtswv tsaug, vem mej txeev ua lub txem le qhev tassws nwgnuav mej muaj lub sab noog tej lug qhuab qha kws muab cob rua mej lawm. 18Mej tub dim lub txem lawm hab mej tau ua txujkev ncaaj nceeg le qhev. 19Kuv has lawv le tuabneeg ib txwm has vem mej lub cev nqaj tseed tsw muaj zug. Mej muab mej lub cev txhua yaam ua kev phem kev qas le qhev hab ua tej kev txhum kws mej ua taag ua thab le qhev le caag, nwgnuav mej ca le muab mej lub cev txhua yaam ua txujkev ncaaj nceeg le qhev ib yaam le ntawd sub txhad raug muab cais kuas dawb huv. 20Thaus mej tseed ua lub txem le qhev, txujkev ncaaj nceeg tsw kaav mej. 21Thaus hov mej tau qaabhau daabtsw ntawm tej kws nwgnuav ua rua mej txaaj muag? Tej kws mej ua ntawd thaus kawg yog txujkev tuag xwb. 22Tassws nwgnuav mej tub dim qhov kws ua lub txem le qhev hab tig lug ua Vaajtswv le qhev lawm, mas qaabhau kws mej tau yog qhov kws muab mej cais ua dawb huv hab thaus kawg yog txujsa ib txhws tsw kawg. 23Tsua qhov lub txem le nqe yog txujkev tuag tassws yaam kws Vaajtswv pub dawb yog txujsa ib txhws tsw kawg huv Yexu Kheto kws yog peb tug Tswv.
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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,⚓ 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 in⚓ Christ Jesus our Lord.