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Rom 6:13. Μηδὲ παριστάνετε) neither yield ye. The first aor. παραστήσατε, which occurs presently, has greater force than this present.-τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν· ἑαυτοὺς καὶ τὰ μέλη, your members; yourselves and your members) First, the character of the Christian is brought under consideration; secondly, His actions and duties. Man, who is dead in sin, could not, with propriety, be said to yield HIMSELF [Sistere seipsum, to present himself] to sin: but the man, who is alive, may yield [present] himself to God.-ὄπλα, arms) [instruments] a figurative expression, derived from war, as wages, Rom 6:23.-ἀδικίας, of unrighteousness) which is opposed to the righteous will of God.-τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, to sin) Sin is here considered as a tyrant.-παραστήσατε [yield] present) as to a king.-ἐκ νεκρῶν, from the dead) The Christian is alive from the dead. He had been dead, he is now alive. Comp. Eph 5:14, note, Rev 3:1-3. Sleep, too, in these passages, is the image of death.-δικαιοσύνης, of righteousness) The antithetic word is ἀδικίας, of unrighteousness.