Romans 6:12-14
“Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. Don’t present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.”
The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the community of believers in Rome, likely in the mid-first century CE. He was explaining how Jesus' death and resurrection changed humanity's relationship with sin and God's law, particularly for those who have joined Christ through baptism.
What systems or habits in your life, or in the world around you, feel like a 'reign' of sin, and how might acting from a place of grace begin to challenge them?