Romans 6:7

for he who is dead is set free from sin.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

In Context

6For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin -

8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

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Cross References

Romans 6:2No indeed; how shall we who have died to sin still go on living in it any longer?

Romans 7:2For a married woman who has a husband is bound by law to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.

Romans 8:1Thus there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;

1 Peter 4:1Since, then, Christ suffered in the flesh, do you also ever arm yourselves with the same mind (because he who has suffered in the flesh has done with 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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