Romans 6:7

For, he that hath died, hath become righteously acquitted from his sin.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

In Context

6Of this taking note—that, our old man, was crucified together with him in order that the sinful body might be made powerless, that we should, no longer, be in servitude to sin;

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

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Cross References

Romans 6:2Far be it! we who have died unto sin, how, any longer, shall we live therein?

Romans 7:2For, the married woman, unto her living husband is bound by law; but, if her husband have died, she hath received a full release from the law of her husband.

Romans 8:1Hence there is now, no, condemnation unto them who are in Christ Jesus;

1 Peter 4:1Christ, then, having suffered in flesh, do, ye also, with the same purpose, arm yourselves,—because, he that hath suffered in flesh, hath done with sins,—

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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