Romans 6:7

For he who has died has been justified from sin.

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In The King James Version

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

In Context

6For we know this: that our former selves have been crucified together with him, so that the body which is of sin may be destroyed, and moreover, so that we may no longer serve sin.

8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live together with Christ.

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Cross References

Romans 6:2Let it not be so! For how can we who have died to sin still live in sin?

Romans 7:2For example, a woman who is subject to a husband is obligated by the law while her husband lives. But when her husband has died, she is released from the law of her husband.

Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.

1 Peter 4:1Since Christ has suffered in the flesh, you also should be armed with the same intention. For he who suffers in the flesh desists from 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 →

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