"For he that is dead is freed from sin. {freed: Gr. justified}" — Romans 6:7

Romans 6:7 · KJV

“For he that is dead is freed from sin. {freed: Gr. justified}”

— Romans 6:7

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.

Verse 8

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

Romans 6 — Context

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also {in the likeness} of {his} resurrection:

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.

For he that is dead is freed from sin. {freed: Gr. justified}

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

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

Cross References

1 Peter 4:1

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Colossians 3:1-3

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Romans 8:1

{There is} therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 7:4

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, {even} to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Romans 7:2

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to {her} husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of {her} husband.

Romans 6:2

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

Romans 6:8

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: