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We are no longer slaves to sin. <a href="/esv/romans/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. <a href="/bsb/romans/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. <a href="/blb/romans/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, so that the body of sin might be annulled, that we are no longer enslaved to sin. <a href="/kjv/romans/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/romans/6.htm">New King James Version</a> knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. <a href="/nasb_/romans/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; <a href="/nasb/romans/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; <a href="/nasb77/romans/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin; <a href="/lsb/romans/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; <a href="/amp/romans/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. <a href="/csb/romans/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be rendered powerless so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, <a href="/hcsb/romans/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin&#8217s dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, <a href="/asv/romans/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/cev/romans/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We know that the persons we used to be were nailed to the cross with Jesus. This was done, so our sinful bodies would no longer be the slaves of sin. <a href="/erv/romans/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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; <a href="/gwt/romans/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> We know that the person we used to be was crucified with him to put an end to sin in our bodies. Because of this we are no longer slaves to sin. <a href="/gnt/romans/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin. <a href="/isv/romans/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin. <a href="/msb/romans/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. <a href="/net/romans/6.htm">NET Bible</a> We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. <a href="/nheb/romans/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> knowing this, that our old self was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. <a href="/wbt/romans/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. <a href="/wey/romans/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> This 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; <a href="/web/romans/6.htm">World English Bible</a> knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [Him], that the body of sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving sin, <a href="/blb/romans/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, so that the body of sin might be annulled, that we are no longer enslaved to sin. <a href="/ylt/romans/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> this 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; <a href="/slt/romans/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Knowing this, that our old man was crucified together, that the body of sin might be left inactive, for us no more to serve sin.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer. <a href="/cpdv/romans/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For we know this: that our former selves have been crucified together with him, so that the body which is of sin may be destroyed, and moreover, so that we may no longer serve sin. <a href="/nabre/romans/6.htm">New American Bible</a> We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin. <a href="/nrsvce/romans/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For we know, that our old selves are crucified with him, so that the sinful body might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For we know that our old person was crucified with him, that the body of sin would be destroyed, that we shall not again serve sin.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> knowing this, that our former man has been crucified with him, in order that the sinful body may be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer serve sin: <a href="/godbey/romans/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> knowing this, that our old man is crucified along with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer serve sin; <a href="/haweis/romans/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> knowing this, that our old man hath been crucified with him, that the body of sin might be abolished, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. <a href="/mace/romans/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> considering this, that our vicious passions were crucified with him, that the body of sin being destroyed, we might not any longer be vassals to sin. <a href="/wey/romans/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> This 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; <a href="/worrell/romans/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be brought to nought, that we should no more be in bondage to sin; <a href="/worsley/romans/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be inslaved to sin: <a href="/parallel/romans/6-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=1357" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/6.htm">Dead to Sin, Alive to God</a> …5For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. 6<a href="/greek/1097.htm" title="1097: ginōskontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- A prolonged form of a primary verb; to know in a great variety of applications and with many implications.">We know</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touto (DPro-ANS) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3820.htm" title="3820: palaios (Adj-NMS) -- Old, ancient, not new or recent. From palai; antique, i.e. Not recent, worn out.">old</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpos (N-NMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">self</a> <a href="/greek/4957.htm" title="4957: synestaurōthē (V-AIP-3S) -- To crucify together with. From sun and stauroo; to impale in company with.">was crucified with Him</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">so that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4983.htm" title="4983: sōma (N-NNS) -- Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.">body</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartias (N-GFS) -- From hamartano; a sin.">of sin</a> <a href="/greek/2673.htm" title="2673: katargēthē (V-ASP-3S) -- From kata and argeo; to be entirely idle, literally or figuratively.">might be rendered powerless,</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmas (PPro-A1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">that we</a> <a href="/greek/3371.htm" title="3371: mēketi (Adv) -- No longer, no more. From me and eti; no further.">should no longer</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1398.htm" title="1398: douleuein (V-PNA) -- To be a slave, be subject to, obey, be devoted. From doulos; to be a slave to.">be slaves</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartia (N-DFS) -- From hamartano; a sin.">to sin.</a> 7For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. <a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">Colossians 3:9-10</a> Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, / and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a> to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; / to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; / and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Galatians 5:24</a> Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11</a> In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands. <a href="/1_peter/4-1.htm">1 Peter 4:1-2</a> Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. / Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a> Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm">2 Corinthians 4:10-11</a> We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. / For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body. <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Philippians 3:10-11</a> I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, / and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. <a href="/ephesians/2-15.htm">Ephesians 2:15-16</a> by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace / and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility. <a href="/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14</a> But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/1_john/3-5.htm">1 John 3:5-6</a> But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. / No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a> Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a> I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that from now on we should not serve sin.that our.<a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.<a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Galatians 5:24</a> And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.<a href="/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14</a> But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.that the.<a href="/romans/7-24.htm">Romans 7:24</a> O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?<a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3,13</a> For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: … <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11,12</a> In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: … that henceforth.<a href="/romans/6-12.htm">Romans 6:12,22</a> Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof… <a href="/romans/7-25.htm">Romans 7:25</a> I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.<a href="/romans/8-4.htm">Romans 8:4</a> That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/10-35.htm">Annulled</a> <a href="/romans/4-19.htm">Body</a> <a href="/acts/8-23.htm">Bondage</a> <a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Conscious</a> <a href="/acts/18-27.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/acts/5-30.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/acts/8-33.htm">Deprived</a> <a href="/acts/27-22.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/acts/18-6.htm">Henceforth</a> <a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Nailed</a> <a href="/romans/2-27.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Order</a> <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Power</a> <a href="/john/17-5.htm">Self</a> <a href="/acts/16-17.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/acts/26-7.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/romans/6-2.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/romans/4-14.htm">Useless</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">Annulled</a> <a href="/romans/6-12.htm">Body</a> <a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Bondage</a> <a href="/romans/6-16.htm">Conscious</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-13.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-13.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-17.htm">Deprived</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/5-5.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-29.htm">Henceforth</a> <a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-13.htm">Nailed</a> <a href="/romans/7-5.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/romans/7-4.htm">Order</a> <a href="/romans/6-9.htm">Power</a> <a href="/romans/7-18.htm">Self</a> <a href="/romans/6-16.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/romans/7-25.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/romans/6-7.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/romans/7-5.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-28.htm">Useless</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 6</div>1. <a href="/romans/6-1.htm">We may not live in sin;</a> 2. <a href="/romans/6-2.htm">for we are dead unto it;</a> 3. <a href="/romans/6-3.htm">as appears by our baptism.</a> 12. <a href="/romans/6-12.htm">Let not sin reign anymore;</a> 18. <a href="/romans/6-18.htm">because we have yielded ourselves to the service of righteousness;</a> 23. <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">and because death is the wages of sin.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/romans/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>We know that our old self was crucified with Him This phrase emphasizes the certainty of the believer's transformation through Christ's crucifixion. The "old self" refers to the pre-conversion nature, characterized by sin and separation from God. The crucifixion with Christ signifies a spiritual union with His death, symbolizing the believer's death to sin. This concept is rooted in the idea of substitutionary atonement, where Christ's death pays the penalty for sin. <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> echoes this, stating, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." The crucifixion metaphor also connects to baptism, as seen in <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a>, where believers are buried with Christ in baptism and raised to new life.so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless The "body of sin" refers to the human nature inclined towards sin, often described as the flesh. The rendering of it powerless indicates a decisive break from sin's dominion. This does not imply sinless perfection but a significant shift in the believer's relationship with sin. The Greek term used here can be understood as "nullified" or "made ineffective," suggesting that sin's control is broken. This aligns with <a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">Colossians 3:9-10</a>, which speaks of putting off the old self and putting on the new self, renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator.that we should no longer be slaves to sin This phrase highlights the liberation from sin's bondage, a central theme in Paul's writings. In the Roman context, slavery was a familiar institution, and Paul uses it metaphorically to describe the believer's former state under sin's control. The imagery of slavery underscores the totality of sin's dominion before conversion. However, through Christ's redemptive work, believers are set free, as stated in <a href="/john/8-36.htm">John 8:36</a>, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." This freedom is not an autonomy to sin but a call to live in righteousness, as further elaborated in <a href="/romans/6-18.htm">Romans 6:18</a>, where believers become "slaves to righteousness."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Romans, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_roman_church.htm">The Roman Church</a> The recipients of the letter, the Roman Christians were a diverse group of Jewish and Gentile believers living in the capital of the Roman Empire. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> Central to this passage, Jesus' crucifixion is the event that enables believers to be freed from the power of sin. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_crucifixion.htm">The Crucifixion</a> The event where Jesus was crucified, which is pivotal in Christian theology as the means by which sin is defeated. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_old_self.htm">The Old Self</a> Refers to the sinful nature inherent in humanity before accepting Christ, which is symbolically crucified with Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_old_self.htm">Understanding the Old Self</a> Recognize that the "old self" refers to our pre-Christian identity, dominated by sin. This understanding is crucial for appreciating the transformation that occurs in Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_the_cross.htm">The Power of the Cross</a> The crucifixion of Jesus is not just a historical event but a spiritual reality that impacts our daily lives by breaking the power of sin. <a href="/topical/f/freedom_from_sin.htm">Freedom from Sin</a> Embrace the truth that believers are no longer slaves to sin. This freedom should be reflected in our choices and lifestyle. <a href="/topical/l/living_the_new_life.htm">Living the New Life</a> Actively pursue a life that reflects the new creation we are in Christ, characterized by righteousness and holiness. <a href="/topical/d/daily_renewal.htm">Daily Renewal</a> Engage in daily practices that renew our minds and align our lives with the new identity we have in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 6</a> <a href="/q/was_jesus_ever_considered_a_refugee.htm">What does 'crucify the flesh' mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_believers_'die_to_sin'.htm">Romans 6:2 says believers have “died to sin.” How can someone literally die to sin, and does any historical or scientific evidence support that claim? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_'christ_lives_in_me'_signify.htm">What does "Christ Lives in Me" signify?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'crucified_with_christ'_mean.htm">What does "Crucified with Christ" signify?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6-11) Further description of this process. The Christian's union with the crucified Christ binds him also to crucify or mortify (ascetically) the sinful desires of his body. Thus he is released from the dominion of those desires. But this is not all. Just as Christ passed from the cross to the resurrection, and overcame death once for all, exchanging for it a life wholly dependent upon God; so, too, His followers must consider themselves cut off irrevocably--as if by death itself--from sin, and living with a new life dedicated and devoted to God, through their participation in the death and life of Jesus Christ their Lord.(6) Our old man.--"Our old self" (Vaughan), as in <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm" title="That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;">Ephesians 4:22</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm" title="And that you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.">Ephesians 4:24</a>; <a href="/context/colossians/3-9.htm" title=" Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;">Colossians 3:9-10</a>.The old self, or that congeries of evil habits acquired in the state of heathenism, was, ideally if not actually, mortified and killed in our baptism. This change was wrought by a power brought to bear upon the will through the contemplation of the crucifixion of Christ. Hence, instead of saying simply "mortified," the Apostle writes rather "crucified," i.e. put to death, not in any way, but specially through the cross.That the body of sin might be destroyed.--The "body of sin" is the body subject to sin, or that supplies sin with the material on which it works. This substratum of carnal and fleshly desire, the Apostle tells us, is to be ascetically chastened and disciplined until it ceases to be a source of sin.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 6, 7. - Knowing this (cf. η} ἀγνοεῖτε, ver. 3), that our old man was (not is, as in the Authorized Version) crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed (or abolished, or done away, καταργήθῃ), that henceforth we should not serve (δουλεύειν, expressing bondage, or slavery; and so throughout the chapter in the word δοῦλοι, translated "servants") sin. For he that hath died is freed from sin. The word "crucified" has, of course, reference to the mode of Christ's death into which we were baptized. It does not imply anything further (as some have supposed) as to the manner of our own spiritual dying, such as painfulness or lingering; it merely means that in his death our old man died (cf. <a href="/colossians/2-14.htm">Colossians 2:14</a>, προφηλώσας αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ). The term "old man" (παλαὶος ἄνθρωπος) occurs also <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">Colossians 3:9</a>. It denotes man's unregenerate self, when under sin and condemnation; the καινός or νεος ἄνθρωπος being his regenerate self. It is, of course, a different conception from that of ὁ ἐξω and ὁ ἔσωθεν ἄνθωππος of <a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16</a>. In Ephesians and Colossians the old man is said to be put away, or put off, and the new one put on, as though they were two clothings, or investments, of his personality, determining its character. Here, by a bolder figure, they are viewed as an old self that had died and a new one that had come to life in its place (cf. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>, Αἴ τις ἐν Ξριστῷ καινὴ κτίσις τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν). The idea of a new man being born into a new life in baptism was already familiar to the Jews in their baptism of proselytes (see Lightfoot, on <a href="/john/3.htm">John 3</a>.); and our Lord, discoursing to Nicodemus of the new birth, supposes him to understand the figure; but he teaches him that the change thus expressed should be no mere change of profession and habits of life, but a radical inward change, which could only be wrought by the regenerating Spirit. Such a change St. Paul teaches to be signified by Christian baptism; not only deliverance from condemnation through participation in the benefits of the death of Christ, but also the birth or creation of a new self corresponding to his risen body, which will not be, like the old self, under the thraldom of sin. "The body of sin" may be taken as meaning much the same as "our old man;" sin being conceived as embodied in our former selves, and so possessing them and keeping them in bondage. It certainly does not mean simply our bodies as distinct from our souls, so as to imply the idea that the former must be macerated that the latter may live. The asceticism inculcated elsewhere in the New Testament is in no contradiction to the ideal of mens sana in corpore sano. Our former sin-possessed and sin-dominated personality being now crucified with Christ, dead, and done away with, we are no longer, in our new personality, in slavery to sin, and are both bound and able to renounce it; "for he that hath died is freed [δεδικαίωται, literally, 'is justified'] from sin." In Scotland, one who is executed is said to be justified, the idea apparently being that he has satisfied the claims of law. So here ' δεδικαίωται. The word δουλεύειν, be it observed, in ver. 6 introduces by the way the second figure under which, as above said, the apostle regards his subject, though it is not taken up till ver. 16. <a href="/commentaries/romans/6-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>We know γινώσκοντες (ginōskontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. old παλαιὸς (palaios) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> Old, ancient, not new or recent. From palai; antique, i.e. Not recent, worn out. self ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. was crucified with [Him] συνεσταυρώθη (synestaurōthē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4957.htm">Strong's 4957: </a> To crucify together with. From sun and stauroo; to impale in company with. so that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. body σῶμα (sōma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4983.htm">Strong's 4983: </a> Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively. of sin ἁμαρτίας (hamartias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. might be rendered powerless, καταργηθῇ (katargēthē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2673.htm">Strong's 2673: </a> From kata and argeo; to be entirely idle, literally or figuratively. [that] we ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. {should} no longer μηκέτι (mēketi) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3371.htm">Strong's 3371: </a> No longer, no more. From me and eti; no further. be slaves δουλεύειν (douleuein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_1398.htm">Strong's 1398: </a> To be a slave, be subject to, obey, be devoted. From doulos; to be a slave to. to sin. ἁμαρτίᾳ (hamartia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/romans/6-6.htm">NT Letters: Romans 6:6 Knowing this that our old man was (Rom. 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