"Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." — Romans 6:11

Romans 6:11 · KJV

“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

— Romans 6:11

Verse 10

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Verse 12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Romans 6 — Context

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Neither yield ye your members {as} instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members {as} instruments of righteousness unto God. {instruments: Gr. arms, or, weapons}

Cross References

Colossians 3:3-5

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

1 Corinthians 6:20

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Romans 6:2

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Romans 6:13

Colossians 3:17

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, {do} all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Galatians 2:19-20

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

Romans 8:18

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time {are} not worthy {to be compared} with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Ephesians 2:7

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in {his} kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.