Romans 6:12

King James Version (KJV)

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Translations

Romans 6:12 - Amplified Bible

Let not sin therefore rule as king in your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies, to make you yield to its cravings {and} be subject to its lusts {and} evil passions.

Romans 6:12 - American Standard Version

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

Romans 6:12 - Bible in Basic English

For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;

Romans 6:12 - Darby Bible

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.

Romans 6:12 - English Standard Version

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.

Romans 6:12 - King James Version

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Romans 6:12 - La Biblia de las Americas

Por tanto, no reine el pecado en vuestro cuerpo mortal para que no obedezcáis sus lujurias;

Romans 6:12 - The Message

That means you must not give sin a vote in the way you conduct your lives. Don’t give it the time of day. Don’t even run little errands that are connected with that old way of life. Throw yourselves wholeheartedly and full-time—remember, you’ve been raised from the dead!—into God’s way of doing things. Sin can’t tell you how to live. After all, you’re not living under that old tyranny any longer. You’re living in the freedom of God.

Romans 6:12 - New American Standard Bible

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,

Romans 6:12 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Por tanto, no reine el pecado en su cuerpo mortal para que ustedes no obedezcan a sus lujurias;

Romans 6:12 - World English Bible

Therefore don`t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

Romans 6:12 - Young's Living Translation

Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

Romans 6:12 - Additional Comments

In the first part of chapter 6, Paul made it sound like we now will stop sinning because of our new life in Christ. But now he recognizes the difficulty to be who we need to be. He challenges to not allow sin to the master in our lives.

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