Romans 6:14 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹⁴ For Sin shall not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of Law, but of Love.

²¹ She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

¹⁷ For the Law was given through Moses, love and truth came through Jesus Christ.

³⁶ If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!

¹⁹ Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and the whole world become liable to the judgment of God. ²⁰ For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

¹⁶ That is why all is made to depend upon faith, that all may be God's gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham's descendants-not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the Father of us all;

²⁰ Law was introduced in order that offences might be multiplied. But, where sins were multiplied, the loving-kindness of God was lavished the more, ²¹ In order than, just as Sin had reigned in the realm of Death, so, too, might Loving-kindness reign through righteousness, and result in Immortal Life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

¹² Therefore do not let Sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.

¹⁵ What follows, then? Are we to sin because we are living under the reign of Love and not of Law? Heaven forbid!

⁴ And so with you, my Brothers; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God. ⁵ When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for Death. ⁶ But now we are set free from the Law, because we are dead to that which once kept us under restraint; and so we serve under new, spiritual conditions, and not under old, written regulations. ⁷ What are we to say, then? That Law and sin are the same thing? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, I should not have learned what sin is, had not it been for Law. If the Law did not say 'Thou shalt not covet,' I should not know what it is to covet. ⁸ But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life. ⁹ There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died! ¹⁰ The very Commandment that should have meant Life I found to result in Death! ¹¹ Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death.

² For through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life- giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of Sin and Death.

¹² So then, Brothers, we owe nothing to our earthly nature, that we should live in obedience to it.

⁶ But if in love, then no longer as a result of obedience. Otherwise love would cease to be love.

⁶ Our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life. ⁷ If the system of religion which involved Death, embodied in a written Law and engraved on stones, began amid such glory, that the Israelites were unable to gaze at the face of Moses on account of its glory, though it was but a passing glory, ⁸ Will not the religion that confers the Spirit have still greater glory? ⁹ For, if there was a glory in the religion that involved condemnation, far greater is the glory of the religion that confers righteousness!

²³ Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the Faith that was destined to be revealed.

⁴ But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law-- ⁵ To ransom those who were subject to Law, so that we might take our position as sons.

²¹ Tell me, you who want to be still subject to Law--Why do not you listen to the Law?

¹⁸ But, if you follow the guidance of the Spirit, you are not subject to Law.

¹⁴ For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a People who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.

¹⁰ "This is the Covenant that I will make with the People of Israel After those days," says the Lord. "I will impress my laws on their minds, and will inscribe them on their hearts; And I will be their God, and they shall be my People.