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Romans 6:5

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Chapter 6
Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
1What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?2By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.
6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with,Or be rendered powerless that we should no longer be slaves to sin–7because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.10The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.


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TheBaptistCommentary - (eBible Enthusiast) about 1 year ago.
For if we, Christ and His people, have been firmly united, fused together, congenital, innate in the likeness of His death… (Personal Translation) The statement made here is very revealing and speaks volumes. These adjectives mean existing in a person or thing from birth or origin, in this case our second birth or regeneration. Something that is innate seems essential to the nature, character, or constitution. Congenital is applied principally to characteristics acquired during fetal development. It is also used figuratively of characteristics or people with characteristics that are so deep-seated as to appear natural. When I looked up the definition for fused together it only confirmed the picture already in my mind: to unite or blend into a whole, as if by melting together. The image of someone welding to pieces of metal together comes to mind. The two pieces are heated to the point in which they both melt. Then the liquid metal mixes together in such away that the two become one and can never be separated again. Likewise, once regeneration has occurred we cannot be separated from Christ. We are firmly united with Christ. Amen! These adjectives convey a vivid picture of what takes place during the regeneration process.
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Sonbum P-icon - (eBible Evangelist) 10 months ago.
You can't have a "Resurrection", without first having a "Crucifixion". Paul proclaims the Cross as the means through which all Blessings flow.
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