Bible Strands
Romans 6:8
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Roman church, extending his immediate argument about how union with Christ’s death breaks sin’s authority. He presents the statement as a logical deduction from the believer’s baptized identification with His crucifixion.
The words — ἀπεθάνομεν (apethanomen) literally means “we died,” and πιστεύομεν (pisteuomen) translates as “we believe.” These verbs establish a completed past event as the foundation for a present conviction.
The thread — The same conditional structure appears in 2 Timothy 2:11, while Colossians 3:3 and 2 Corinthians 4:10 develop the theme by locating the believer’s true existence in God and describing how Jesus’ physical death produces His life in believers.
Why it lands — The text states that past union with Christ’s death logically guarantees future shared life with Him. It requires the reader to ground expectation in a completed spiritual reality rather than future achievement.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Cross-references
- 2 Timothy 2:11 This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
- Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4 For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.
- John 14:19 In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
- Romans 6:3 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.