Romans 6:7
For the man who has so died has been pronounced righteous and released from sin.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
In Context
8And our belief is, that, as we have shared Christ’s death, we will also share his life.
Cross References
Romans 6:2Heaven forbid! We became dead to sin, so how can we go on living in it?
Romans 7:2For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband while he is living; but, if her husband dies, she is set free from the law that bound her to him.
Romans 8:1There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;
1 Peter 4:1Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased 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 →