Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

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

An Understandable Version

So, do not allow [the practice of] sin to rule your mortal bodies, so that you obey its desires.

Anderson New Testament

Therefore, let not sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey it;

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;

Common New Testament

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you obey its passions.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, by making you slaves to the lusts thereof.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body that you should obey the lusts of it:

Goodspeed New Testament

So sin must not reign over your mortal bodies, and make you obey their cravings,

John Wesley New Testament

Therefore let not sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in the desires thereof.

Julia Smith Translation

Therefore let not sin reign in your mortal body, to listen to it in its passions.

King James 2000

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let not sin reign therefore in your mortal bodies, that ye should thereunto obey in the lusts of it.

Moffatt New Testament

Sin is not to reign, then, over your mortal bodies and make you obey their passions;

Montgomery New Testament

Therefore let not sin rule as king in your mortal body, compelling you to obey its lusts.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

Let not then sin reign in your mortal body, bringing you into subjection to its lusts,

Sawyer New Testament

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its desires,

The Emphasized Bible

Let not sin, therefore, reign in your death-doomed body, that ye should be obedient to its covetings;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;

Williams New Testament

Accordingly, sin must not continue to reign over your mortal bodies, so as to make you continue to obey their evil desires,

World English Bible

Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

Worrell New Testament

Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey its desires;

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let
βασιλεύω 
Basileuo 
Usage: 19

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

sin
ἁμαρτία 
Hamartia 
Usage: 143

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

βασιλεύω 
Basileuo 
Usage: 19

in
ἐν 
En 
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 2128

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

θνητός 
Thnetos 
Usage: 6

σῶμα 
Soma 
Usage: 123

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

ὑπακούω 
Hupakouo 
Usage: 20

it

Usage: 0

the lusts
ἐπιθυμία 
Epithumia 
Usage: 35

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Romans 6:12

References

Images Romans 6:12

Context Readings

Formerly Dead To Sin, Now Alive In Christ

11 So also you, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that [you] obey its desires, 13 and do not present your members to sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God [as] instruments of righteousness.


Cross References

Psalm 19:13

Also, keep back your servant from arrogant [sins]; let them not rule over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.

Psalm 119:133

Direct my steps in your word, and do not let any iniquity gain power over me.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that to whomever you present yourselves [as] slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whomever you obey, whether sin, [leading] to death, or obedience, [leading] to righteousness?

Romans 2:8

but to those [who act] from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger.

Numbers 33:55

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from your presence, then it will happen that whomever you let remain of them will be like irritants in your eyes and like thorns in your sides; they will be your enemies in the land in which you live.

Deuteronomy 7:2

and Yahweh your God will give them {over to you} and you defeat them, you must {utterly destroy them}; you shall not make a covenant with them, and you shall not show mercy [to them].

Joshua 23:12-13

for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations {among you}, and you intermarry with them, {marrying their women and they yours},

Judges 2:3

Now I say, I will not drive them out from before you; they will {become as thorns} for you, and their gods will be a trap for you."

Romans 5:21

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:14

For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 7:23-24

but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members.

Romans 8:11

And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you.

Romans 8:13

For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

1 Corinthians 15:53-54

For it is necessary [for] this perishable [body] to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal [body] to put on immortality.

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who are alive [are] continually being handed over to death because of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.

2 Corinthians 5:4

For indeed we who are in this tent groan, being burdened {for this reason, that} we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Galatians 5:16

But I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never carry out the desire of the flesh.

Galatians 5:24

Now those {who belong to Christ} have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.

Ephesians 4:22

[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in lustful passion, just as also the Gentiles who do not know God;

2 Timothy 2:22

But flee from youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, [and] peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

Titus 2:12

training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,

Titus 3:3

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

James 1:14-15

But each one is tempted [when he] is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.

James 4:1-3

From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires [you used to conform to] in your ignorance,

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I urge [you] as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,

1 Peter 4:2-3

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Jude 1:16

These [people] are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to their desires, and their mouths speaking pompous [words], {showing partiality to gain an advantage}.

Jude 1:18

for they said to you, "In the end time there will be scoffers following according to their own ungodly desires."

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