Romans 6:7
For he that is dead, is iustified from sinne.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
In Context
8And yf we be dead with Christe, we beleue that we shall also lyue with him:
Cross References
Romans 6:2Howe shall we that are dead to sinne, lyue any longer therin?
Romans 7:2For the woman which is in subiectio to a man, is bounde by the lawe to the man, as long as he lyueth: But yf the man be dead, she is loosed from the lawe of the man.
Romans 8:1There is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.
1 Peter 4:1For as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe, arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde: for he which suffereth in the fleshe, ceasseth from sinne:
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 →