Romans 6:7
Because he who is dead is free from sin.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
In Context
8But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;
Cross References
Romans 6:2In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
Romans 7:2For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.
Romans 8:1For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
1 Peter 4:1So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;
Matthew Henry on Romans 6:2-23
On Sanctification. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness… Read the whole commentary →