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Tuag ntawm kev txhaum txim ciaj sia hauv Yexus

¹Yog li ntawd peb yuav hais li cas? Peb yuav ua txojkev txhaum ntxiv mus kom Vajtswv txojkev hlub thiaj tsav zuj zus tuaj lov? ²Tsis yog li ntawd. Peb uas twb tuag ntawm kev txhaum lawm tseem yuav muaj sia rau hauv kev txhaum tau li cas? ³Nej tsis paub tias peb txhua tus uas ua kevcai raus dej rau hauv Yexus Khetos kuj ua kevcai raus dej rau hauv Yexus txojkev tuag lov? ⁴Peb raug muab log nrog Yexus ua ke ntawm qhov uas ua kevcai raus dej rau hauv txojkev tuag ntawd, mas ib yam li leej Txiv siv nws lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab tsa tus Khetos sawv hauv qhov tuag rov los, peb thiaj tau ua lub neej raws li txojsia tshiab ib yam nkaus.
⁵Yog peb nrog Yexus koom txojkev tuag li hais no, peb yeej yuav nrog nws koom qhov uas sawv hauv qhov tuag rov los. ⁶Peb paub tias peb tus qub twb raug muab teem nrog Yexus rau saum tus ntoo khaublig xwv peb lub cev qub uas muaj txim ntawd thiaj raug muab ua puam tsuaj tag mas peb yuav tsis ua lub txim li qhev dua li lawm, ⁷rau qhov tus uas tuag lawd kuj dim lub txim lawm. ⁸Yog peb twb nrog Khetos tuag lawm, peb ntseeg tias peb yuav muaj txojsia nrog nws nyob thiab. ⁹Peb yeej paub tias Khetos raug muab tsa ciaj sawv hauv qhov tuag rov los thiab nws yuav tsis tuag dua li lawm. Txojkev tuag tsis muaj hwjchim kav nws lawm. ¹⁰Qhov uas nws tuag ntawd nws tuag ntawm lub txim tib zaug xwb mas txaus, tiamsis qhov uas nws muaj txojsia nyob nws nyob rau Vajtswv. ¹¹Ib yam nkaus, nej cia li suav tias nej tuag ntawm lub txim thiab muaj txojsia hauv Yexus Khetos nyob rau Vajtswv.
¹²Vim li no tsis txhob kheev lub txim kav nej lub cev uas txawj tuag kom nej ua raws li tej kev phem uas nej lub cev nqaij ntshaw. ¹³Tsis txhob muab nej lub cev ib qho ua cuab yeej pub rau lub txim siv ua phem, tiamsis nej yuav tsum muab nej tus kheej uas zoo li cov neeg uas raug tsa sawv hauv qhov tuag rov los ntawd pub rau Vajtswv siv thiab muab nej lub cev txhua yam ua tej cuab yeej uas siv ua haujlwm ncaj ncees pub rau Vajtswv. ¹⁴Lub txim yuav tsis tswjhwm nej ntxiv mus lawm, rau qhov nej tsis nyob hauv txoj qab kevcai lawm tiamsis nyob hauv txoj qab kev hlub.

Txojkev ncaj ncees li qhev

¹⁵Yog li ntawd peb yuav ua li cas? Peb yuav ua txhaum vim peb tsis nyob hauv txoj qab kevcai tiamsis nyob hauv txoj qab kev hlub lov? Tsis tau li. ¹⁶Nej tsis paub lov? Yog nej yeem ua leejtwg li qhev thiab mloog nws lus, nej kuj yog tus uas nej mloog lus ntawd li qhev, yog ua lub txim li qhev uas coj mus txog kev tuag, lossis ua qhov uas mloog lus li qhev uas coj mus txog txojkev ncaj ncees. ¹⁷Tiamsis ua Vajtswv tsaug, vim nej txeev ua lub txim li qhev tiamsis nimno nej muaj lub siab mloog tej lus qhuab qhia uas muab cob rau nej lawm. ¹⁸Nej twb dim lub txim lawm thiab nej tau ua txojkev ncaj ncees li qhev. ¹⁹Kuv hais raws li neeg ib txwm hais vim nej lub cev nqaij tseem tsis muaj zog. Nej muab nej lub cev txhua yam ua kev phem kev qias li qhev thiab ua tej kev txhaum uas nej ua tag ua thiab li qhev li cas, nimno nej cia li muab nej lub cev txhua yam ua txojkev ncaj ncees li qhev ib yam li ntawd kom thiaj raug muab cais kom dawb huv.
²⁰Thaum nej tseem ua lub txim li qhev, txojkev ncaj ncees tsis kav nej. ²¹Thaum ntawd nej tau nuj nqes dabtsi ntawm tej uas nimno ua rau nej txaj muag? Tej uas nej ua ntawd thaum kawg yog txojkev tuag xwb. ²²Tiamsis nimno nej twb dim qhov uas ua lub txim li qhev thiab tig los ua Vajtswv li qhev lawm, mas nuj nqes uas nej tau yog qhov uas muab nej cais ua dawb huv thiab thaum kawg yog txojsia ib txhis tsis kawg. ²³Rau qhov lub txim li nqe yog txojkev tuag tiamsis yam uas Vajtswv pub dawb yog txojsia ib txhis tsis kawg hauv Yexus Khetos uas yog peb tus 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.