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Romans 6:11 So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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Version</a></span><br />In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/romans/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/romans/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/romans/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />So also you, consider yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/romans/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/romans/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/romans/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So you too, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/romans/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/romans/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/romans/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/romans/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Even so, consider yourselves to be dead to sin [and your relationship to it broken], but alive to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/romans/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/romans/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/romans/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/romans/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In the same way, you must think of yourselves as dead to the power of sin. But Christ Jesus has given life to you, and you live for God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/romans/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/romans/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So consider yourselves dead to sin's power but living for God in the power Christ Jesus gives you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/romans/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In the same way you are to think of yourselves as dead, so far as sin is concerned, but living in fellowship with God through Christ Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/romans/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/romans/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/romans/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/romans/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In the same way, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/romans/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />In the same way you also must regard yourselves as dead in relation to sin, but as alive in relation to God, because you are in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/romans/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/romans/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />so also you, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, and living to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />So also you, consider yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/romans/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> so also ye, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to the sin, and living to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/romans/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />So also ye reckon yourselves truly to be dead to sin, and living to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/romans/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So do you also reckon, that you are dead to sin, but alive unto God, in Christ Jesus our Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/romans/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And so, you should consider yourselves to be certainly dead to sin, and to be living for God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/romans/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as [being] dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/romans/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/romans/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Likewise, you also must consider yourself as being dead to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />In this way also consider yourselves that you are dead to sin and that you are living to God in our Lord Yeshua The Messiah.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/romans/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />So also do you count yourselves as dead indeed to sin, but as living to God, in Christ Jesus our Lord.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/romans/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />So you also thus reckon yourselves dead unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/romans/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />So also do ye account yourselves dead indeed to sin, but living unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/romans/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />in like manner consider your selves as dead to sin; but alive to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />In the same way you also must regard yourselves as dead in relation to sin, but as alive in relation to God, because you are in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/romans/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Even so reckon ye also yourselves dead, indeed, to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/romans/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />So also do ye reckon yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/romans/6-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=1397" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/romans/6.htm">Dead to Sin, Alive to God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).">So</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">too</a> <a href="/greek/3049.htm" title="3049: logizesthe (V-PMM/P-2P) -- To reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose. ">must count</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heautous (RefPro-AM3P) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">yourselves</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: einai (V-PNA) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist."></a> <a href="/greek/3498.htm" title="3498: nekrous (Adj-AMP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">dead</a> <a href="/greek/3303.htm" title="3303: men (Conj) -- A primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession; usually followed by a contrasted clause with de."></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> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">but</a> <a href="/greek/2198.htm" title="2198: zōntas (V-PPA-AMP) -- To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.">alive</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theō (N-DMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">to God</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christō (N-DMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsou (N-DMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">12</span>Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3</a></span><br />For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a></span><br />Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm">Ephesians 2:5-6</a></span><br />made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! / And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a></span><br />He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13</a></span><br />When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-22.htm">1 Corinthians 15:22</a></span><br />For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-11.htm">2 Timothy 2:11</a></span><br />This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Galatians 5:24</a></span><br />Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-14.htm">1 John 3:14</a></span><br />We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-21.htm">Philippians 1:21</a></span><br />For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-10.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:10</a></span><br />He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.</p><p class="hdg">reckon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Romans 8:18</a></b></br> For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time <i>are</i> not worthy <i>to be compared</i> with the glory which shall be revealed in us.</p><p class="hdg">be dead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/6-2.htm">Romans 6:2</a></b></br> God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?</p><p class="hdg">but.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Romans 6:13</a></b></br> Neither yield ye your members <i>as</i> instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members <i>as</i> instruments of righteousness unto God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a></b></br> For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/2-19.htm">Galatians 2:19,20</a></b></br> For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God… </p><p class="hdg">through.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a></b></br> For the wages of sin <i>is</i> death; but the gift of God <i>is</i> eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/5-1.htm">Romans 5:1</a></b></br> Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/16-27.htm">Romans 16:27</a></b></br> To God only wise, <i>be</i> glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/6-10.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/romans/6-9.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/romans/4-19.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/romans/4-8.htm">Count</a> <a href="/romans/6-10.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/romans/6-2.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/romans/4-12.htm">Likewise</a> <a href="/romans/4-8.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/acts/28-22.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/romans/6-10.htm">Relation</a> <a href="/romans/6-10.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/romans/6-5.htm">Way</a> <a href="/romans/1-6.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Count</a> <a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/romans/6-15.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Likewise</a> <a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/romans/6-20.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/romans/11-28.htm">Relation</a> <a href="/romans/6-12.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/romans/6-12.htm">Way</a> <a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/6-1.htm">We may not live in sin;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/6-2.htm">for we are dead unto it;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/6-3.htm">as appears by our baptism.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/6-12.htm">Let not sin reign anymore;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/6-18.htm">because we have yielded ourselves to the service of righteousness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/6-23.htm">and because death is the wages of sin.</a></span><br></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><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3753401421161123"; /* 200 x 200 Parallel Bible */ google_ad_slot = "7676643937"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/romans/6.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>So you too</b><br />This phrase serves as a direct application to the readers, linking them to the preceding verses where Paul discusses the believer's union with Christ in His death and resurrection. The Greek word for "you" here is "καὶ ὑμεῖς" (kai hymeis), emphasizing the personal responsibility and inclusion of the audience in the transformative power of Christ's work. Historically, this reflects the early Christian understanding that the teachings of the apostles were not just for the original recipients but for all believers.<p><b>must count yourselves</b><br />The Greek word "λογίζεσθε" (logizesthe) is used here, which means to reckon, consider, or account. This is an imperative, indicating a command rather than a suggestion. It implies a deliberate and conscious decision to view oneself in a particular way. In the context of first-century accounting practices, this term would resonate with the idea of balancing the books, ensuring that one's spiritual account reflects the reality of being in Christ.<p><b>dead to sin</b><br />The concept of being "dead to sin" is profound, suggesting a complete separation or cessation of relationship with sin. The Greek word "νεκροὺς" (nekrous) means dead, lifeless, or inoperative. This reflects the transformative power of Christ's death, which believers are called to identify with. Historically, this would have been a radical departure from the Jewish understanding of sin and atonement, emphasizing a new identity in Christ rather than adherence to the law.<p><b>but alive to God</b><br />The contrast between being "dead to sin" and "alive to God" highlights the new life believers have in Christ. The Greek word "ζῶντας" (zontas) means living, vibrant, or active. This phrase underscores the dynamic and ongoing relationship believers are to have with God, characterized by spiritual vitality and growth. In the early church, this new life was often symbolized by baptism, representing death to the old self and resurrection to new life.<p><b>in Christ Jesus</b><br />This phrase encapsulates the entire theological foundation of Paul's message. The preposition "ἐν" (en) signifies being within or in union with Christ. The name "Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ" (Christō Iēsou) emphasizes both the messianic role of Jesus and His personal relationship with believers. Historically, this reflects the early Christian confession of Jesus as Lord and the centrality of His person and work in the believer's life. Theologically, it speaks to the believer's identity and position, which is secure and unchanging because it is rooted in Christ Himself.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) Theoretical application to the readers. They are to regard themselves as dead, <span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> insensible and inaccessible to sin, but living in close allegiance and devotion to God through union with Christ.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord</span>. In the verses which follow (12-14) the apostle exhorts his readers to do their own part in realizing this their union with the risen Christ, to give effect to the regenerating grace of God. For their baptism had been but the beginning of their new life; it depended on themselves whether sanctification should follow on regeneration, as it needs must do in order to salvation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/romans/6-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="grk">οὕτως</span> <span class="translit">(houtōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3779.htm">Strong's 3779: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμεῖς</span> <span class="translit">(hymeis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">too</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">must count</span><br /><span class="grk">λογίζεσθε</span> <span class="translit">(logizesthe)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3049.htm">Strong's 3049: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">yourselves</span><br /><span class="grk">ἑαυτοὺς</span> <span class="translit">(heautous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> </span><span class="str2">Himself, herself, itself. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">dead</span><br /><span class="grk">νεκροὺς</span> <span class="translit">(nekrous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to sin,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἁμαρτίᾳ</span> <span class="translit">(hamartia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> </span><span class="str2">From hamartano; a sin.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">alive</span><br /><span class="grk">ζῶντας</span> <span class="translit">(zōntas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2198.htm">Strong's 2198: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to God</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεῷ</span> <span class="translit">(Theō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Christ</span><br /><span class="grk">Χριστῷ</span> <span class="translit">(Christō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jesus.</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/romans/6-11.htm">Romans 6:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/romans/6-11.htm">NT Letters: Romans 6:11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead (Rom. 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