Dead to Sin, Alive to God
For he that is dead is freed from sin. Rom 6:7
he that is... Being dead to sin does not mean that the person or sin is dead. Both are still in existence the same as ever, but to each other they are as being non-existent. See, Rom. 6:6.
dead is freed... Through his union with Christ, when our body dies, it no longer longs for things of the flesh. Sin is dead in us.
We have subdued the flesh man and become spirit.
The next clause (Rom. 6:6-7) in effect explains the first clause (Rom. 6:6). In his unregenerate state a believer was enslaved to sin. But his “old man” was crucified (identified) with Christ, and that is the basis for deliverance from enslavement to sin. Anyone who has died has been freed from sin. The words “has been freed” are a loose rendering of dedikaiōtai, literally, “has been justified or declared righteous.” The perfect tense of this verb describes a past action with a continuing effect or force. Sin no longer has the legal right to force its mastery and control on a believer, for he has died with Christ.
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