Verse 1
Away vain thoughts, that stir within,
Nor further can proceed!
How shall I longer live in sin,
Who unto sin am dead?

Verse 2
Baptiz’d into my Saviour’s name,
I of his death partake,
Buried with Jesus Christ I am,
And I with him awake.

Verse 3
He burst the barriers of the tomb,
Rose, and regain’d the skies:
And lo! From nature’s grave I come,
And lo! With Christ I rise.

Verse 4
A new, a living life I live;
And fashion’d to his death,
His resurrection’s power receive
And by his Spirit breathe.

Verse 5
Now the old Adam is, I know,
With Jesus crucified,
Sin vanquish’d by its passive foe,
Kill’d my dear Lord—and died.

Verse 6
His[1] body was destroy’d, when nail’d
With Jesus to the tree;
My dying surety then prevail’d,
And I was then set free.

Verse 7
Dead with my gracious Lord and God,
With him by faith I live,
The power he purchas’d with his blood
I over sin receive.

Verse 8
Sin shall not have dominion now,
Or in my body reign;
Beneath its yoke I scorn to bow,
And all its force disdain.

Verse 9
Under the law no more enslav’d,
No more I groan, and grieve,
By grace I am redeem’d and sav’d,
And under grace I live.

Verse 10
I live to God, who from the dead
Hath me to life restor’d,
That I from sin’s oppression freed
Might only serve my Lord.

Verse 11
Jesus I serve, to him alone
My thankful homage pay,
My only Master, Christ I own,
And him will I obey.

Verse 12
To him my body I present,
Which he will not refuse;
The meanest, basest instrument
His glory deigns to use.

Verse 13
Servant of sin too long I was,
But Christ hath set me free;
Glory to his victorious grace
Which freely ransom’d me.

Verse 14
For ever be his name ador’d
For what I have receiv’d;
I have embrac’d the gospel-word,
And with my heart believ’d.

Verse 15
Faith freed me from the iron yoke,
The strength of sin subdued,
From off my soul the fetters broke,
And now I serve my God.

Verse 16
Jesus can to the utmost save;
On Jesus I depend;
My fruit to holiness I have,
And all in heaven shall end.

[1] Wesley changed “His” to “Its” in 1745, but returned to “His” in following editions.