Romans 6:7

"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."

Key Reflection

This verse signifies that through Christ's crucifixion, believers experience a spiritual death to their old sinful nature, freeing them from the dominion of sin and providing freedom in Christ. Essentially, it marks the beginning of a new life where the power of sin is broken within the believer.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 7. For he that is dead. This is evidently an expression having a proverbial aspect, designed to illustrate the sentiment just expressed. The Rabbins had an expression similar to this, "When one is dead he is free from commands." (Grotius.) So, says Paul, when a man dies he is exempt from the power and dominion of his master, of him who reigned over him. The Christian had been subject to sin before his conversion; but he has now become dead to it. And as when a servant dies he ceases to be subject to the control of his master, so the Christian being now dead to sin, on the same principle, is released from the control of his former master, sin.

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