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knowingεἰδότεςthatὅτιthe Messiah,Χριστὸςhaving been raisedἐγερθεὶςfromἐκthe dead,νεκρῶνno longerοὐκέτιdies;ἀποθνῄσκειdeathθάνατοςno longerοὐκέτιis master overκυριεύειhim.αὐτοῦ
Romans 6:9
Study it in the app“knowing that the Messiah, having been raised from the dead, no longer dies; death no longer is master over him.”
Raised, he dies no more; death no longer rules over himThe ResurrectionRaised from the dead, the Messiah no longer diesDeath and Eternal Life
With the Greek beneath
Romans 6:9, word by word
- knowingεἰδότεςeidotes
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidotes” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- having been raisedἐγερθεὶςegertheis
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egertheis” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- diesἀποθνῄσκειapothnēiskei
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothnēiskei” appears- deathθάνατοςthanatos
death
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatos” appears- is master overκυριεύειkyrieuei
rule over, be lord
Be lord over, rule, have power over.
Where else “kyrieuei” appears
The context
8Now if we died with the Messiah, we believe that we will also live with him,
9 · This verse (above)
10For the death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
To study Romans 6 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say is the pay of sin and the gift of God? (v. 23)
2. What it means
Paul asks whether we should continue in sin so that grace may increase, and answers no (vv. 1-2). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to offer ourselves to God (v. 13). What concrete step could you take this week to live by what you value?