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Romans 6:7
For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Roman church while explaining the practical outworking of union with Christ in his argument against sin’s ongoing dominion.
The words — ἀποθανὼν (apothanōn) means “having died,” and δεδικαίωται (dedikaiōtai) literally means “has been justified” or “freed.” The text states that death itself severs sin’s legal claim over a person.
The thread — This statement grounds Romans 6:6, where the old self is crucified to break sin’s power, and points forward to Romans 6:8, which ties dying with Christ to living with Him. It parallels 1 Peter 4:1’s command to arm oneself with Christ’s suffering and aligns with Romans 8:1’s declaration of no condemnation for those in Christ.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to stop pursuing freedom from sin through self-effort and accept the completed fact of death with Christ. The text demands recognition that sin’s authority is broken precisely where one has died to it.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 4:1 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.
- Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
- Colossians 3:1 Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
- Romans 6:8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
- Romans 7:2 For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.