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Romans 6

Rom. 6:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Neither
mede (Greek #3366)
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
KJV usage: neither, nor (yet), (no) not (once, so much as).
Pronounce: may-deh'
Origin: from 3361 and 1161
yield ye
paristemi (Greek #3936)
to stand beside, i.e. (transitively) to exhibit, proffer, (specially), recommend, (figuratively) substantiate; or (intransitively) to be at hand (or ready), aid
KJV usage: assist, bring before, command, commend, give presently, present, prove, provide, shew, stand (before, by, here, up, with), yield.
Pronounce: par-is'-tay-mee
Origin: παριστάνω (par-is-tan'-o) from 3844 and 2476
your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
members
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
melos (Greek #3196)
a limb or part of the body
KJV usage: member.
Pronounce: mel'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
l as μinstruments
hoplon (Greek #3696)
an implement or utensil or tool (literally or figuratively, especially, offensive for war)
KJV usage: armour, instrument, weapon.
Pronounce: hop'-lon
Origin: probably from a primary ἕπω (to be busy about)
of unrighteousness
adikia (Greek #93)
(legal) injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act); morally, wrongfulness (of character, life or act)
KJV usage: iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong.
Pronounce: ad-ee-kee'-ah
Origin: from 94
unto sin
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
hamartia (Greek #266)
a sin (properly abstract)
KJV usage: offence, sin(-ful).
Pronounce: ham-ar-tee'-ah
Origin: from 264
: but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
yield
paristemi (Greek #3936)
to stand beside, i.e. (transitively) to exhibit, proffer, (specially), recommend, (figuratively) substantiate; or (intransitively) to be at hand (or ready), aid
KJV usage: assist, bring before, command, commend, give presently, present, prove, provide, shew, stand (before, by, here, up, with), yield.
Pronounce: par-is'-tay-mee
Origin: παριστάνω (par-is-tan'-o) from 3844 and 2476
yourselves
heautou (Greek #1438)
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
KJV usage: alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves).
Pronounce: heh-ow-too'
Origin: from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of 846
m unto God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
those that are alive
zao (Greek #2198)
to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Pronounce: dzah'-o
Origin: a primary verb
from
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
the dead
nekros (Greek #3498)
dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
KJV usage: dead.
Pronounce: nek-ros'
Origin: from an apparently primary νέκυς (a corpse)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
members
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
melos (Greek #3196)
a limb or part of the body
KJV usage: member.
Pronounce: mel'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
as instruments
hoplon (Greek #3696)
an implement or utensil or tool (literally or figuratively, especially, offensive for war)
KJV usage: armour, instrument, weapon.
Pronounce: hop'-lon
Origin: probably from a primary ἕπω (to be busy about)
of righteousness
dikaiosune (Greek #1343)
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
KJV usage: righteousness.
Pronounce: dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay
Origin: from 1342
unto God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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Col. 3:5• 5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)
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arms, or, weapons.
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Rom. 12:1• 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service. (Rom. 12:1)

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Righteousness,
Sin

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Ministry on This Verse

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Neither.
Rom. 6:16,19• 16Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to him whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
 19I speak humanly on account of the weakness of your flesh. For even as ye have yielded your members in bondage to uncleanness and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now yield your members in bondage to righteousness unto holiness. (Rom. 6:16,19)
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Rom. 7:5,23• 5For when we were in the flesh the passions of sins, which were by the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit to death;
 23but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members. (Rom. 7:5,23)
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1 Cor. 6:15• 15Do ye not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of the Christ, make them members of a harlot? Far be the thought. (1 Cor. 6:15)
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Col. 3:5• 5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)
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James 3:5‑6• 5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell. (James 3:5‑6)
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James 4:1• 1Whence come wars and whence fightings among you? Is it not thence,--from your pleasures, which war in your members? (James 4:1)
instruments.
Gr. arms, or weapons.
2 Cor. 10:4• 4For the arms of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful according to God to the overthrow of strongholds; (2 Cor. 10:4)
unrighteousness.
Rom. 1:29• 29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)
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Rom. 2:8‑9• 8But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation,
 9tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek; (Rom. 2:8‑9)
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Deut. 25:16• 16For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 25:16)
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Isa. 3:10‑11• 10Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
 11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him. (Isa. 3:10‑11)
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Isa. 55:7• 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)
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Ezek. 18:4• 4Behold, all the souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. (Ezek. 18:4)
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1 Cor. 6:9• 9Do ye not know that unrighteous persons shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men, (1 Cor. 6:9)
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2 Thess. 2:12• 12that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thess. 2:12)
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2 Peter 2:13‑15• 13receiving the reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;
 14having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
 15having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness; (2 Peter 2:13‑15)
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1 John 1:9• 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
but yield.
Rom. 12:1• 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your intelligent service. (Rom. 12:1)
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2 Chron. 30:8• 8Now, harden not your necks, as your fathers; yield yourselves to Jehovah, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever; and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you. (2 Chron. 30:8)
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Dan. 3:28• 28Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and who changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God! (Dan. 3:28)
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1 Cor. 6:20• 20for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body. (1 Cor. 6:20)
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2 Cor. 8:5• 5And not according as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us by God's will. (2 Cor. 8:5)
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Phil. 1:20• 20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death. (Phil. 1:20)
alive.
Rom. 6:11• 11So also *ye*, reckon yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 6:11)
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Luke 15:24,32• 24for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
 32But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found. (Luke 15:24,32)
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John 5:24• 24Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life. (John 5:24)
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2 Cor. 5:15• 15and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:15)
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Eph. 2:5• 5(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) (Eph. 2:5)
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Eph. 5:14• 14Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:14)
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Col. 2:13• 13And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences; (Col. 2:13)
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1 Peter 2:24• 24who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
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1 Peter 4:2• 2no longer to live the rest of his time in the flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will. (1 Peter 4:2)
and your.
Psa. 37:30• 30The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment; (Psa. 37:30)
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Prov. 12:18• 18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health. (Prov. 12:18)
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James 3:5‑6• 5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell. (James 3:5‑6)
• The body is now the mere instrument of divine life; and we are free to use it for God as such. (“Romans 6” by J.N. Darby)
• We no longer have to yield the "members" of our bodies (our ears, eyes, hands, feet, etc.) to the lusts of the flesh. Living in that sphere of life with what we have in Christ in communion with God, there will be the practical power to resist the flesh. (“The Believer's Identification With the Death of Christ: Romans 6-7:1-6” by B. Anstey)
• We are to yield "as those that are alive from the dead"-that is, from the perspective of those living in that new sphere of life with God. (“The Believer's Identification With the Death of Christ: Romans 6-7:1-6” by B. Anstey)
• "Yield" is mentioned twice in this verse, but each occurrence has a different tense in the Greek. One is a present or a continuous (on-going) tense: "Neither yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness." This means that at no time should we think of yielding to sin. The other is an aorist tense, which refers to something that is to be done once and for all: "But yield yourselves unto God." This should be one accomplished act. (“The Believer's Identification With the Death of Christ: Romans 6-7:1-6” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Neither yieldh your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive from among the deadi, and your members instruments of righteousness to God.

JND Translation Notes

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There is a distinction between the present tense, which has a continuous present sense, and the aorist, which gives the act in itself. "Neither yield your members," ver. 13 (present tense), means that it is at no time to be done. "Yield yourselves to God" and "yield your members," ver. 15 (aorists), mean let it have been done, as a once accomplished act.
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Lit. "as out of dead alive." The order of the words gives a contrasted force. not merely that they came thence. But "out of dead alive" is hardly English.

W. Kelly Translation

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nor be yielding your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive out of [the] dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.