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We No Mo Notting Fo Do Wit Da Bad Kine Stuff, But We Stay Live Fo God

So den, wat? You tink we goin say, “Mo bad kine stuffs we do, dat goin make God do some mo plenny good kine stuffs fo us bumbye.” We goin say all dat? Eh, no way! Us guys no mo notting fo do wit da bad kine stuff! Az jalike we mahke awready. Cuz you know, one mahke guy no can do notting bad. If we stay jalike we mahke, how we goin stay doing da bad kine stuff? Dass no good!

You guys donno dat wen all us guys wen get baptize fo show we Jesus Christ guys, dass jalike we wen mahke same time he wen mahke? Wen we get baptize, dat mean jalike dey wen bury us same time dey wen bury Christ, cuz jalike we mahke too. Da Fadda, he get awesome power, an afta Christ wen mahke, da Fadda wen make um come back alive. So da Fadda like us use his power too fo live one new kine life.

Us guys jalike we wen mahke wen Jesus wen mahke. Dass why fo shua we goin come back alive from mahke jalike Jesus wen come back alive.

We know dat da no good kine guy we was befo, pau awready, jalike dat guy wen mahke on top da cross wit Christ. Now dat no good kine guy no mo power. Now we no need do da bad kine stuff. Now we not stuck -- we not slave guys. Afta one guy mahke, no mo notting dat can make um do bad kine stuff no moa.

So den, jalike we wen mahke wit Christ. Dass why we believe dat we goin stay live wit him too. We know dat Christ wen come back alive afta he wen mahke, an he no goin mahke again. Cuz no mo notting dat get power fo make him mahke one mo time. 10 Afta Christ wen mahke dat one time, den he no mo notting fo do wit da bad kine stuff no moa. Now he ony live fo God.

11 So den, you guys gotta figga same ting jalike wat wen happen wit Jesus Christ: You guys wen mahke awready, dass why you guys no gotta do da bad kine stuff. Same time, you guys live fo God, cuz now you guys stay tight wit Jesus Christ.

12 No let da bad kine stuff take ova you, an make you do any kine stuff yoa body like. Dat body goin mahke, you know. 13 An no go let notting inside you go do stuff dat no stay right, cuz dass bad. Jus let God make you do wat he like. Cuz jalike you wen go mahke awready an now you stay alive again. Use yoa whole body fo do da kine stuff you suppose to do, fo God. 14 No way! No let da bad kine stuff take you guys ova! Now, fo get um right wit God, you guys no gotta do wat da Rules say. Now, da way you guys live, you stay do wat you do cuz God wen do so plenny good stuffs fo you guys.

We Jalike Slaves Fo Do Wass Right

15 So, wat? You tink we still yet can stay doing bad kine stuff, jus cuz we no need do wat da Rules say fo get um right wit God, an God still yet goin do plenny good kine stuff fo us? No way! 16 Fo shua, you guys gotta know dis: If you let one guy own you, you gotta listen to wateva da guy tell you, an den you gotta do um. Dat mean, dat guy yoa boss, an you his slave. Same ting, you can pick wat you goin do. You can let yoaself be one slave guy fo do ony bad kine stuff. But wen you pick dat one, you goin cut yoaself off from God. O you can be jalike one slave guy fo do wateva God tell you. An wen you pick dat one, you get um right wit him awready!

17 I tell God “Mahalo plenny!” Cuz befo time, you guys wen let da bad kine stuff own you. But now, you guys listen from deep inside yoaself, fo do all da kine stuff da peopo dat stay spesho fo God wen teach you guys. 18 God wen let you guys go, so you no gotta do da kine bad stuff no moa. Now you guys goin work hard fo do da right kine stuff.

19 Fo tell you guys all dis, I stay talking da way everybody stay talk to each odda, cuz you guys ony litto bit strong inside. Befo time, was jalike you guys wen make yoaself be da kine peopo dat gotta do ony pilau kine stuff an dat gotta go broke da Rules from God. Az why you guys was lidat. But now, you guys gotta make yoaself be da kine peopo dat gotta do ony wass right. Dat goin make you guys be good an spesho fo God.

20 Befo time, wen you guys was da kine peopo dat gotta do ony bad kine stuff, az wen you guys neva make yoaself be da kine peopo dat do da right ting. 21 Wat good kine ting you guys wen get from all dat stuff you wen do? Notting! Now you guys get plenny shame weneva you guys tink bout um. Cuz wen you do dat kine stuff, you ony cut yoaself off from God.

22 But now, you guys no gotta do ony bad kine stuff no moa, cuz God wen let you guys go. Now, you guys da kine peopo dat work fo God! Dat goin make you guys be good an spesho fo God. An afta, garans you guys goin get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva. 23 Dis da deal: wen you do da tings you not suppose to do, den you cut yoaself off from God. But get one nodda deal dat God get fo you. He like give you someting dass plenny good -- da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva. An you get dis wen you stay tight wit Jesus Christ, our Boss.

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

What shall we say, then?(A) Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?(B) By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(C) how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized(D) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(E) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(F) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(G)

For 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.(H) For we know that our old self(I) was crucified with him(J) so that the body ruled by sin(K) might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin(L) because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.(M)

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.(N) For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,(O) he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.(P) 10 The death he died, he died to sin(Q) once for all;(R) but the life he lives, he lives to God.

11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin(S) but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign(T) in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(U) 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.(V) 14 For sin shall no longer be your master,(W) because you are not under the law,(X) but under grace.(Y)

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?(Z) By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey(AA)—whether you are slaves to sin,(AB) which leads to death,(AC) or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God(AD) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,(AE) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching(AF) that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin(AG) and have become slaves to righteousness.(AH)

19 I am using an example from everyday life(AI) 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(AJ) leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin,(AK) you were free from the control of righteousness.(AL) 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(AM) 22 But now that you have been set free from sin(AN) and have become slaves of God,(AO) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(AP) 23 For the wages of sin is death,(AQ) but the gift of God is eternal life(AR) in[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 6:6 Or be rendered powerless
  2. Romans 6:23 Or through