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Romans 6:12
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KJ21
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
ASV
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:
AMP
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts and passions.
AMPC
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.
BRG
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
CSB
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.
CSBA
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.
CEB
So then, don’t let sin rule your body, so that you do what it wants.
CJB
Therefore, do not let sin rule in your mortal bodies, so that it makes you obey its desires;
CEV
Don't let sin rule your body. After all, your body is bound to die, so don't obey its desires
DARBY
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.
DLNT
Therefore do not let sin be reigning in your mortal body so that you are obeying its desires,
DRA
Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.
ERV
But don’t let sin control your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do.
EASY
So do not let sin rule your life in this world. Do not do the wrong things that your body wants to do.
EHV
Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
ESV
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.
ESVUK
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.
EXB
So, do not let sin ·control your life [L reign; rule over you] ·here on earth [L in your mortal body] so that you ·do what your sinful self wants to do [L obey/submit to its (evil/sinful) desires].
GNV
Let not sin reign therefore in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof:
GW
Therefore, never let sin rule your physical body so that you obey its desires.
GNT
Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self.
HCSB
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.
ICB
So, do not let sin control you in your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do.
ISV
Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
PHILLIPS
Do not, then, allow sin to establish any power over your mortal bodies in making you give way to your lusts. Nor hand over your organs to be, as it were, weapons of evil for the devil’s purposes. But, like men rescued from certain death, put yourselves in God’s hands as weapons of good for his own purposes. For sin is not meant to be your master—you are no longer living under the Law, but under grace.
JUB
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
KJV
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
AKJV
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
LSB
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
LEB
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires,
TLB
Do not let sin control your puny body any longer; do not give in to its sinful desires.
MSG
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.
MEV
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
MOUNCE
Therefore do not let sin reign · in · your mortal body so that you obey · its desires.
NOG
Therefore, never let sin rule your physical body so that you obey its desires.
NABRE
Therefore, sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
NASB
Therefore sin is not to reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
NASB1995
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
NCB
Therefore, do not allow sin to reign over your mortal body and make you obey its desires.
NCV
So, do not let sin control your life here on earth so that you do what your sinful self wants to do.
NET
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,
NIRV
So don’t let sin rule your body, which is going to die. Don’t obey its evil desires.
NIV
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
NIVUK
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
NKJV
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
NLV
So do not let sin have power over your body here on earth. You must not obey the body and let it do what it wants to do.
NLT
Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
NMB
Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies, so that you bow to it in its affections and lusts.
NRSVA
Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.
NRSVACE
Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.
NRSVCE
Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.
NRSVUE
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies, so that you obey their desires.
NTFE
So don’t allow sin to rule in your mortal body, to make you obey its desires.
OJB
Therefore, do not let Chet (Sin) reign in your mortal body to obey its ta’avot [Ro 5:17, 21],
RGT
Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its lusts;
RSV
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.
RSVCE
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.
TLV
Therefore do not let sin rule in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
VOICE
Don’t invite that insufferable tyrant of sin back into your mortal body so you won’t become obedient to its destructive desires.
WEB
Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
WE
Do not let wrong things rule over your bodies that are going to die. Do not do the things your bodies want.
WYC
Therefore reign not sin in your deadly body, that ye obey to his covetings.
YLT
Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;
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