Romans 6:7

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	γὰρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
dead	ἀποθανὼν apothanōn	G599	to die off (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
freed	δεδικαίωται dedikaiōtai	G1344	to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent · verb — perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular
from	ἀπὸ apo	G575	"off · preposition
sin	ἁμαρτίας. hamartias	G266	a sin (properly abstract) · noun — genitive singular feminine

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Cross-references

1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the fle…
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is r…
Colossians 3:1-3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Romans 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Romans 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 6:1–end

The apostle's transition, which joins this discourse with the former, is observable: "What shall we say then? Rom 6:1. What use shall we make of this sweet and comfortable doctrine? Shall we do evil that good may come, as some say we do? Rom 3:8. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Shall we hence take encouragement to sin with so much the more boldness, because the more sin we commit the more will the grace of God be magnified in our pardon? Is this a use to be made of it?" No, it is an abuse, and the apostle startles at the thought of it (Rom 6:2): "God forbid; far be it from us to think such a thought." He entertains the objection as Christ did the devil's blackest temptation (…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 6:7

For he that is dead--rather, "hath died." is freed--"hath been set free." from sin--literally, "justified," "acquitted," "got his discharge from sin." As death dissolves all claims, so the whole claim of sin, not only to "reign unto death," but to keep its victims in sinful bondage, has been discharged once for all, by the believer's penal death in the death of Christ; so that he is no longer a "debtor to the flesh to live after the flesh" (Rom 8:12).

Adam Clarke on Romans 6:7

He that is dead is freed from sin - Δεδικαιωται, literally, is justified from sin; or, is freed or delivered from it. Does not this simply mean, that the man who has received Christ Jesus by faith, and has been, through believing, made a partaker of the Holy Spirit, has had his old man, all his evil propensities destroyed; so that he is not only justified freely from all sin, but wholly sanctified unto God? The context shows that this is the meaning. Every instance of violence is done to the whole scope and design of the apostle, by the opinion, that "this text is a proof that believers are not fully saved from sin in this life, because only he that is dead is freed from sin." Then death is…

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John Gill

The Church Fathers

Whoever saw a dead man sleeping in some harlot's bed, or bloodying his hands with murder, or doing anything else which is sinful?
— Theodoret of Cyrus, INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS

He is set free, he is delivered, he is cleansed of all sin, and not sin in word and deed only but also of all irrational movements of the mind.
— Basil of Caesarea, CONCERNING BAPTISM 1.2

Freed means "alienated" from sin, for the dead do not sin in any way. "No one born of God commits sin," for since he has been crucified and all his members are filled with regret, he will hardly be able to sin.
— Pelagius, PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS

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Dictionary and topics

Faith — Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil. 1:27; 2 Thess. 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of…
Justification — A forensic term, opposed to condemnation. As regards its nature, it is the judicial act of God, by which he pardons all the sins of those who believe in Christ, and accounts, accepts, and treats them…
Works, Good — The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity of good works, and lowers the sense of their importance (Rom. 6), although it has been answered a…
Death Of Christ, The · Emblematical of the death to sin — Emblematical of the death to sin
Holiness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Liberty, Christian · Is freedom from: Sin — Is freedom from: Sin
Regeneration · 1:16,17,25;4:4;12:3;26:12;29:23;32:3,4,15,17;35:5,6;42:16;43:7;44:3-5;49:9;55:1-3; — 1:16,17,25;4:4;12:3;26:12;29:23;32:3,4,15,17;35:5,6;42:16;43:7;44:3-5;49:9;55:1-3;
Union With Christ · Saints: Have, in his death — Saints: Have, in his death

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Romans 6:7

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 6:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 6:7

Adam Clarke on Romans 6:7

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Romans 6:7

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 6:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 6:7

Adam Clarke on Romans 6:7

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Romans 6:7-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Romans 6:6