Romans 6:7

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For a dead person is freed from [the control of] sin.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ has suffered physically, you people should fortify yourselves with the same attitude He had. For the person who has suffered physically [i.e., in standing for Christ] has quit sinning.

Romans 8:1

Therefore, none of those who are in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus will be condemned.

Romans 7:4

Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law [i.e., were released from its binding requirements] through the body of Christ [Note: This seems to refer to Christ’s death on the cross, but some think it refers to becoming a part of the church], so that you could belong to someone else, [namely] to Christ, who was raised from the dead in order that we might live spiritually productive lives for God.

Romans 7:2

For a married woman is legally bound to her husband for as long as he lives. But, when he dies, she is released from the marriage contract.

Romans 6:8

Now if we have died with Christ [i.e., to the practice of sin], we believe we will also live with Him. [Note: This “living” probably refers to our spiritual relationship with Him during our Christian life].

Romans 6:2

Certainly not! How can we, who died to sin [i.e., stopped living under its power], go on living in it [i.e., practicing it] any longer?

Matthew 11:19

[Then] the Son of man came eating and drinking [at festive occasions] and they said, ‘Look, He is a glutton and a drunkard and a friend of tax collectors and worldly people.’ It proves that [God’s] wise counsel is right by the way things turn out.”