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Forγὰρthe deathὃhe died,ἀπέθανενhe diedἀπέθανενto sinτῇ ἁμαρτίᾳonce for all;ἐφάπαξbutδὲthe lifeὃhe lives,ζῇhe livesζῇto God.τῷ θεῷ
Romans 6:10
Study it in the app“For the death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.”
Raised, he dies no more; death no longer rules over himThe Resurrection
With the Greek beneath
Romans 6:10, word by word
- he diedἀπέθανενapethanen
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanen” appears- to sinἁμαρτίᾳhamartiai
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiai” appears- once for allἐφάπαξephapax
once for all
A single occasion, enough forever.
Where else “ephapax” appears- he livesζῇzēi
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēi” appears- to Godθεῷtheōi
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears
The context
9knowing that the Messiah, having been raised from the dead, no longer dies; death no longer is master over him.
10 · This verse (above)
11So you also consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in the Messiah Jesus.
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?