Romans 6:1-2 NIV - What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

3-Rom.6.4" class="scriptRef">Romans 6:3-4 NIV - 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

5" class="scriptRef">Romans 6:5 NIV - 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

20" class="scriptRef">Galatians 2:20 NIV - 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 5:24-25 NCV - 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do. 25 We get our new life from the Spirit, so we should follow the Spirit.

Colossians 3:1-3 NLT -  Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.

6.6-Rom.6.7" class="scriptRef">Romans 6:6-7 NIV - 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, (or powerless) that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. 8  Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

17" class="scriptRef">2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT - 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

3" class="scriptRef">2 Peter 1:3 NLT - 3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

Ephesians 3:20 NCV - 20 With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine.

2 Corinthians 9:8 CSB - 8 And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

Jeremiah 32:27 NCV - “I am the Lord, the God of every person on the earth. Nothing is impossible for me.

11" class="scriptRef">Romans 6:11 NIV - 11 In the same way, (as Christ) count (consider or reckon) yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

4" class="scriptRef">1 John 5:4 NLT - 4 For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.

13" class="scriptRef">1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT - 13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

12-Rom.6.14" class="scriptRef">Romans 6:12-14 NLT - 12 Do not let sin control the way you live (or do not let sin reign in your body);  do not give in to sinful desires.  13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.

Romans 5:1-2 NLT - Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. 2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

Ephesians 2:8-9 CSB - 8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— 9 not from works, so that no one can boast.

James 4:6-10 NCV - 6 But God gives us even more grace, as the Scripture says, “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.” Prov. 3:34 7 So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you.  8 Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure. 9 Be sad, cry, and weep! Change your laughter into crying and your joy into sadness. 10 Humble yourself in the Lord’s presence, and he will honor you.