11 translations · Greek
Romans 6:13
Also, do not 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.
Romans 6:13 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Also, do not 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
- ASV 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- neither present your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- and don't use any parts of your body as evil tools of sin. Instead dedicate yourselves to God as those who have been brought back from death to life, and use all parts of your body as tools to do something good for God.
- YLT Young’s 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;
- DBY 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Also, do not 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Neither yield ye your members as instruments of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of justice unto God.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| μηδὲ | mēde | {Do} not | G3366 μηδέ nor |
| παριστάνετε | paristanete | present | G3936 παρίστημι to stand by |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μέλη | melē | parts | G3196 μέλος member |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | of your [body] | G4771 σύ you |
| ὅπλα | hopla | as instruments | G3696 ὅπλον weapon |
| ἀδικίας | adikias | of wickedness | G93 ἀδικία unrighteousness |
| τῇ | tē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἁμαρτίᾳ | hamartia | to sin | G266 ἁμαρτία sin |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| παραστήσατε | parastēsate | present | G3936 παρίστημι to stand by |
| ἑαυτοὺς | heautous | yourselves | G1438 ἑαυτοῦ themself |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεῷ | Theō | to God | G2316 θεός God |
| ὡσεὶ | hōsei | as [those who have been] | G5616 ὡσεί like/as/about |
| ἐκ | ek | [brought] from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| νεκρῶν | nekrōn | death | G3498 νεκρός dead |
| ζῶντας | zōntas | to life | G2198 ζάω to live |
| καὶ | kai | and [present] | G2532 καί and |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μέλη | melē | parts | G3196 μέλος member |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | of your [body] | G4771 σύ you |
| ὅπλα | hopla | as instruments | G3696 ὅπλον weapon |
| δικαιοσύνης | dikaiosynēs | of righteousness | G1343 δικαιοσύνη righteousness |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεῷ | Theō | to [Him] | G2316 θεός God |
Related verses
- Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
- Romans 6:16
Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
- Colossians 3:5
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
- 1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
- Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- Colossians 2:13
You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
- 1 Peter 4:2
that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- 1 Corinthians 6:15
Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
13 Also, do not 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.
14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!
Read all of Romans 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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