For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:7-8,10,14-16,23