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12 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.

13 Do not continue offering or yielding your bodily members [and [a]faculties] to sin as instruments (tools) of wickedness. But offer and yield yourselves to God as though you have been raised from the dead to [perpetual] life, and your bodily members [and [b]faculties] to God, presenting them as implements of righteousness.

14 For sin shall not [any longer] exert dominion over you, since now you are not under Law [as slaves], but under grace [as subjects of God’s favor and mercy].

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 6:13 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies: Greek mele—“Physical; though some commentators interpret it to include the mental faculties as well.”
  2. Romans 6:13 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies: Greek mele—“Physical; though some commentators interpret it to include the mental faculties as well.”

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