Parallel Verses
NET Bible
and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.
New American Standard Bible
and do not go on
King James Version
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Holman Bible
And do not offer any parts
International Standard Version
Stop offering the parts of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.
A Conservative Version
And do not present your body-parts as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as living out of the dead, and your body-parts as instruments of righteousness to God,
American Standard Version
neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Amplified
Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer yourselves to God [in a decisive act] as those alive [raised] from the dead [to a new life], and your members [all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart] as instruments of righteousness [yielded] to God.
An Understandable Version
And do not offer the parts of your bodies [i.e., hands, eyes, etc. See Matt. 5:29-30] as tools for [accomplishing] evil purposes; but [instead] offer yourselves to God, as [people who are] alive from the dead [i.e., no longer under the power of sin] and the parts of your bodies as tools for [accomplishing] righteous purposes for God.
Anderson New Testament
and present not your members to sin, as instruments of unrighteousness: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead; and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness.
Bible in Basic English
And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.
Common New Testament
Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Daniel Mace New Testament
neither yield your members as instruments to iniquity: but yield yourselves unto God, as being alive after having been dead; and your members as instruments of righteousness.
Darby Translation
Neither yield your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive from among the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God.
Godbey New Testament
neither present your members arms of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members arms of righteousness unto God.
Goodspeed New Testament
and you must not offer the parts of your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrong, but offer yourselves to God as men brought back from death to life, and offer the parts of your bodies to him as instruments of uprightness.
John Wesley New Testament
Neither present your members to sin, as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness.
Julia Smith Translation
Neither present ye your members weapons of injustice to sin: but present yourselves to God, as living from the dead, and your members weapons of justice to God.
King James 2000
Neither yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
Do not yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God, as one alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Neither give ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: But give yourselves unto God, as they that are alive from death. And give your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Moffatt New Testament
you must not let sin have your members for the service of vice, you must dedicate yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, dedicating your members to God for the service of righteousness.
Montgomery New Testament
Do not continue to present any part of your body to sin to be used as a weapon of unrighteousness. On the contrary, be presenting yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and the various parts of your bodies to be used as weapons of righteousness.
New Heart English Bible
Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Noyes New Testament
nor yield up your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but yield up yourselves to God, as being alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Sawyer New Testament
neither present your members as instruments of wickedness to sin, but present yourselves to God as living from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
The Emphasized Bible
Neither be presenting your members as weapons of unrighteousness unto sin, but present yourselves unto God as though alive from among the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness unto God;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Neither present your members as weapons of unrighteousness for sin: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness for God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do not offer any part of your bodies to Sin, in the cause of unrighteousness, but once for all offer yourselves to God (as those who, though once dead, now have Life), and devote every part of your bodies to the cause of righteousness.
Webster
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God:
Weymouth New Testament
and no longer lend your faculties as unrighteous weapons for Sin to use. On the contrary surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead, and surrender your several faculties to God, to be used as weapons to maintain the right.
Williams New Testament
and you must stop offering to sin the parts of your bodies as instruments for wrongdoing, but you must once for all offer yourselves to God as persons raised from the dead to live on perpetually, and once for all offer the parts of your bodies to God as instruments for right-doing.
World English Bible
Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Worrell New Testament
neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Worsley New Testament
Neither yield your bodies as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.
Youngs Literal Translation
neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;
Themes
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Spiritual death » Is the state of all men by nature
Spiritual death » Saints are raised from
Grace » The reward for being under grace
Holiness » Saints » Should yield their members as instruments of
Resist temptation » The duty of resisting
Righteousness » Saints » Should yield their members as instruments of
Sin » Why sin does not have dominion over you
Topics
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Romans 6:13
Devotionals containing Romans 6:13
References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 6:13
Images Romans 6:13
Prayers for Romans 6:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Formerly Dead To Sin, Now Alive In Christ
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 to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.
Phrases
Cross References
Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful desires, aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.
Romans 12:1
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.
Colossians 3:5
So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
Romans 6:16
Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?
Romans 6:19
(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
James 3:5-6
So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.
Romans 6:11
So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 4:2
in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.
Deuteronomy 25:16
For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
2 Chronicles 30:8
Now, don't be stubborn like your fathers! Submit to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger.
Psalm 37:30
The godly speak wise words and promote justice.
Proverbs 12:18
Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
Isaiah 3:10-11
Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
Isaiah 55:7
The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
Ezekiel 18:4
Indeed! All lives are mine -- the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.
Daniel 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!
Luke 15:24
because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again -- he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.
Luke 15:32
It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"
John 5:24
"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
Romans 1:29
They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
Romans 2:8-9
but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
Romans 7:23
But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
1 Corinthians 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
2 Corinthians 5:15
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
2 Corinthians 8:5
And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.
2 Corinthians 10:4
for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments
Ephesians 2:5
even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --
Ephesians 5:14
For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"
Philippians 1:20
My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
Colossians 2:13
And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
2 Thessalonians 2:12
And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.
James 4:1
Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
2 Peter 2:13-15
suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.
1 John 1:9
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.