Romans 6:11
9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
10 The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
13 Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- KJV
- Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- WEB
- Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- ASV
- Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
- DARBY
- So also *ye*, reckon yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- BLB
- So also you⁺, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.
- ÅB
- Slik skal også dere regne dere som døde for synden, men levende for Gud i Kristus Jesus.
- OTB
- På samme måte skal dere regne dere som døde for synden, men levende for Gud i Kristus Jesus.
- B1930
- Således skal også I akte eder som døde for synden, men levende for Gud i Kristus Jesus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:3–5
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:20
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Read in contextRomans 6:2
Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
Read in contextColossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Read in contextRomans 6:13
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
Read in contextGalatians 2:19–20
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
Read in contextRomans 8:18
I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
Read in contextJohn 20:31
But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
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