Romans Chapter 6 Vs. 10

 

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Rom 6:10

For in that... Literally, the death He died was on account of sin; for an expiation of sin; a sacrifice for sin (1Pet. 2:24; Heb. 10:10-14).

unto sin once... Greek: ephapax, once for all. Here; 1Cor. 15:6; Heb. 7:27; 9:12; 10:10.

Jesus gave His body on the cross to pay the debts for the sins of all the world.

Heb. 10:10 “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all]”.

John 1:29 “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”

Christ died to sin in two senses:

1. In regard to sin’s penalty, He met its legal demands upon the sinner; and

2. In regard to sin’s power, forever breaking its power over those who belong to Him.

And His death will never need repeating.

Paul’s point is that believers have died to sin in the same way.

“Liveth unto God” means for God’s glory.

In resurrection Jesus Christ was victorious over death (Acts 2:24) and death no longer has mastery (kyrieuei, “rules as lord”; cf. Rom. 6:14) over Him as it does over all other human beings (John 10:17-18).

Paul summarized this discussion by stating that Jesus in His physical death… died to sin (i.e., in reference to sin) once for all (ephapax; cf. Heb. 7:27; 9:12; 10:10). This stands in opposition to the doctrine and practice of the so-called perpetual sacrifice of Christ in the Roman Catholic Mass.