Romans 6:7

for he who hath died hath been set free from the sin.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

In Context

6this knowing, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

8And if we died with Christ, we believe that we also shall live with him,

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Cross References

Romans 6:2let it not be! we who died to the sin — how shall we still live in it?

Romans 7:2for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

Romans 8:1There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

1 Peter 4:1Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath 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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