7. For a dead person has been absolved from sin.
8. If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
9. We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him.
10. As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God.
11. Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as [being] dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.
12. Therefore, sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
13. And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness.