Romans 6:6

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

In Context

5For if we have become united with him by the likeness of his death, we shall be also by the likeness of his resurrection;

7for he that hath died is justified from sin.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

Romans 7:24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

Romans 8:13for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Galatians 5:24And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

Ephesians 4:22that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

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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