Romans 6:3–6
United with his death, our old way of living is left behind
Study it word by word3Or do you not know that all of us who were immersed into the Messiah Jesus were immersed into his death?
4So we were buried with him through the immersion into death, so that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
5For if we have become united with the likeness of his death, certainly we will be united also with the likeness of his resurrection,
6knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer serve as slaves to sin;
In its context
1What then shall we say? Shall we remain in sin so that grace may increase?
2By no means! We who died to sin, how will we still live in it?
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7for the one who has died has been declared righteous, free from sin.
8Now if we died with the Messiah, we believe that we will also live with him,
Its words in the original
- ἀγνοεῖτεagnoeite· not know, not understand
Not know; not understand.
- ἐβαπτίσθημενebaptisthēmen· immerse
Immerse: plunge into water, wash by dipping. The word "baptize" comes from it.
- ΧριστὸνChriston· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- ἸησοῦνIēsoun· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- θάνατονthanaton· death
Death.
- συνετάφημενsynetaphēmen· be buried with
Be buried together with another.
- βαπτίσματοςbaptismatos· immersion
Immersion: the act of plunging into water. It is usually translated "baptism".
- ὥσπερhōsper· just as
Just as, in the same way as.
- ἠγέρθηēgerthē· raise
Raise, wake up; get up; raise from the dead.
- νεκρῶνnekrōn· dead
Dead.
- δόξηςdoxēs· glory
Glory: splendor, honor, the weight of God's presence.
- πατρόςpatros· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- καινότητιkainotēti· newness
Newness: what is new and different.
- ζωῆςzōēs· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- περιπατήσωμενperipatēsōmen· walk
Walk; also live in a certain way.
- σύμφυτοιsymphytoi· united, grown together
United: grown together with another, made one with it.
- γεγόναμενgegonamen· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ὁμοιώματιhomoiōmati· likeness
Likeness: something made like something else, a form or resemblance.
- ἀναστάσεωςanastaseōs· resurrection
Resurrection: coming back to life after death.
- ἐσόμεθαesometha· be
Be, exist.
- γινώσκοντεςginōskontes· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- παλαιὸςpalaios· old
Old, ancient.
- ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- συνεσταυρώθηsynestaurōthē· be crucified with
Be crucified together with someone.
- καταργηθῇkatargēthēi· nullify, abolish
Make ineffective, nullify, abolish; in the passive, be brought to an end or be released from something.
- σῶμαsōma· body
Body.
- ἁμαρτίαςhamartias· sin
Sin: missing the mark, failing God and what he commands.
- μηκέτιmēketi· no longer
No longer, never again.
- δουλεύεινdouleuein· be a slave
Serve as a slave, be wholly at someone's service.