7 We know that sin doesn't have power over dead people.
8 As we died with Christ, we believe we will also live with him.
9 We know that death no longer has any power over Christ. He died and was raised to life, never again to die.
10 When Christ died, he died for sin once and for all. But now he is alive, and he lives only for God.
11 In the same way, you must think of yourselves as dead to the power of sin. But Christ Jesus has given life to you, and you live for God.
12 Don't let sin rule your body. After all, your body is bound to die, so don't obey its desires
13 or let any part of it become a slave of evil. Give yourselves to God, as people who have been raised from death to life. Make every part of your body a slave that pleases God.