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Romans 6:7

What does Romans 6:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Romans 6:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Romans 6:7 means

Paul appeals to a general principle: death ends obligations and claims. If a person has died, he is released—“justified”—from sin’s claim to punish and dominate. Applied to the believer’s union with Christ, this means that sin’s right to condemn and enslave has been canceled. The term “justified” reminds us that liberation is legal as well as moral; God has declared the believer righteous in Christ, and this verdict frees from sin’s demands as master. The cross is the courtroom where the sentence against our old life was carried out. Having died with Christ, believers are no longer under sin’s jurisdiction. Therefore, a life of ongoing bondage would contradict the verdict of grace.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

for he that hath died is justified from sin.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

for he that hath died is justified from sin.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Because he who is dead is free from sin.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

for he who hath died hath been set free from the sin.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For he that is dead is justified from sin.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For he that has died is justified from sin.

Context

This verse bolsters verse 6’s claim about the end of sin’s mastery by invoking a recognized truth about death’s finality. It paves the way for verses 8–10, which shift focus from death to life—our confident expectation of living with Christ and the permanence of his resurrection. Then verse 11 will draw a conclusion: believers must reckon themselves in line with these realities, leading to practical exhortations about resisting sin and presenting ourselves to God (verses 12–13).

v.6knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

v.7This passage

v.8But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 8:1

    There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

  • Romans 6:2

    God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?

  • Romans 7:4

    Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

  • Colossians 3:1

    If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

  • 1 Peter 4:1

    Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

  • Romans 6:8

    But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

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