“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. — The basileia (dominion) of sin, though broken, still tempts; the body (σῶμα, soma) in its earthly mortality remains a site of moral struggle. Paul addresses the paradox: legally dead to sin yet still inhabiting bodies where sin whispers. Ethics flows from eschatology: the reign of sin is terminated, but believers must enforce that verdict through obedience.
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