Romans 6:10
For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
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Paul is explaining how believers, united with Christ through baptism, have died to sin and are now alive to God. He contrasts Christ's definitive death, which canceled sin's claim forever, with His ongoing life dedicated to God's purposes. This serves as the foundation for the practical exhortation that follows: since we have this new identity, we must no longer let sin reign in our mortal bodies.
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ephapax · Greek Adverb
A standard expression in biblical theology denoting an act that occurs one time in history and possesses permanent, irreversible efficacy, requiring no repetition.
cambridgeRomans 6:10: "For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God."
10 . in that he died ] Lit. that which He died ; His dying, in all that it involved. So below, that which He liveth . unto sin ] i.e., as the previous argument shewed, “with reference to the claim of sin;” to meet and cancel it; and therefore so as now to be out of reach of its doom. once ] once for all , “once and for ever.” The word here is not necessary to the argument, but it enforces, by c…
pulpitRomans 6:10: "For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God."
Verse 10. - For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. "Died unto sin" certainly does not mean here, as some have taken it, died by reason of sin, or to atone for sin, but has the sense, elsewhere obvious in this chapter, of ἀποθνήσκειν, followed by a dative, which was explained under ver. 2. Christ was, indeed, never subject to sin, or himself infect…
Romans 6:10 reads: "For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God." — see the full explanation above for context and original-language notes.
Paul is explaining how believers, united with Christ through baptism, have died to sin and are now alive to God. He contrasts Christ's definitive death, which canceled sin's claim forever, with His ongoing life dedicated to God's purposes. This serves as the foundation for the practical exhortation that follows: since we have this new identity, we must no longer let sin reign in our mortal bodies.
"For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God." — see the full study above for original language, historical background, and cross-references.
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