Romans 6:7
He who has died is declared righteous with respect to sin.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
In Context
8But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live together with him.
Cross References
Romans 6:2May it never be. We who died to sin, how can we still live in it?
Romans 7:2For the married woman is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 4:1Therefore, because Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same intention. For whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased 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 →