Romans 6:7

for he who has paid the penalty of death stands absolved from his sin.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

In Context

6This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;

8But, seeing that 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, live in it any longer?

Romans 7:2A wife, for instance, whose husband is living is bound to him by the Law; but if her husband dies the law that bound her to him has now no hold over her.

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

1 Peter 4:1Since, then, Christ has suffered in the flesh, you also must arm yourselves with a determination to do the same--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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