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Romans 6:7

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

KJV

ὁ γὰρ ἀποθανὼν δεδικαίωται ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας.

Greek NT

Qui enim mortuus est, justificatus est a peccato.

Vulgate

for he that hath died is justified from sin.

ASV

For he that is dead is justified from sin.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δικαιόω
dikaioo
verb · 39×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1006"It is in regard to death that man's condition is most shrouded in doubt."565 In a sense bodily death is natural, but for faith it is in fact "the wages of sin."566 For those who die in Christ's grace it is a participation in the death of the Lord, so that they can also share his Resurrection.567
Arguments in opposition to Tatian, showing that it was consonant to divine justice and mercy that the first Adam should first partake in that salvation offered to all by Christ. 1. It was necessary, therefore, that the Lord, coming to the lost sheep, and making recapitulation of so comprehensive a dispensation, and seeking after His own handiwork, should save that very man who …
2. When the evening had come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils: and He cast out the spirits from them with a word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet Esaias, that He took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. Do you see the multitude, by this time growing in faith? For not even when the time pr…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210211.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
2. But what means, With me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or of man's day? (&#x1F21;&#x03BC;&#x1F73;&#x03C1;&#x03B1;&#x03C2;) I judge myself unworthy, says he, of being judged by you. And why say I, by you? I will add, by (&#x03BA;&#x03B1;&#x1F76; &#x03C4;&#x1F78; [&#x03C4;&#x03BF;&#x1FE6;]) any one else. Howbeit, let no one condemn Paul of arrogance; t…
2. Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? Do you see how excellently he reasons, and proves the resurrection from the fact of Christ's being raised, having first established the former in many ways? For both the prophets spoke of it, says he, and the Lord Himself showed it by His appeari…

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
  • 1Pet 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 flesh hath ceased from sin;
  • 1Pet 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 flesh hath ceased from sin;
  • Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • Rom 6:2 — God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
  • Rom 6:8 — Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
  • Rom 6:18 — Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
  • Rom 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 the law of her husband.
  • Rom 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 raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto G
  • Rom 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.