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 to God
1What shall we say then? ⚓Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2Certainly not! How shall we who ⚓died to sin live any longer in it? 3Or do you not know that ⚓as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus ⚓were baptized into His death? 4Therefore we were ⚓buried with Him through baptism into death, that ⚓just as Christ was raised from the dead by ⚓the glory of the Father, ⚓even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5⚓For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be inthelikeness of His resurrection, 6knowing this, that ⚓our old man was crucified with Him, that ⚓the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7For ⚓he who has died has been freed from sin. 8Now ⚓if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9knowing that ⚓Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10For thedeath that He died, ⚓He died to sin once for all; but thelife that He lives, ⚓He lives to God. 11Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be ⚓dead indeed to sin, but ⚓alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12⚓Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13And do not present your ⚓members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but ⚓present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14For ⚓sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God
15What then? Shall we sin ⚓because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16Do you not know that ⚓to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart ⚓that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18And ⚓having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. 20For when you were ⚓slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21⚓What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For ⚓the end of those things is death. 22But now ⚓having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23For ⚓the wages of sin is death, but ⚓the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.