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Soοὕτωςyouὑμεῖςalsoκαὶconsiderλογίζεσθεyourselvesἑαυτοὺςto beεἶναιdeadνεκροὺςto sinτῇ ἁμαρτίᾳbutδὲaliveζῶνταςto Godτῷ θεῷinἐνthe MessiahΧριστῷJesus.Ἰησοῦ
Romans 6:11
Study it in the app“So you also consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in the Messiah Jesus.”
Raised, he dies no more; death no longer rules over himThe ResurrectionCount yourselves dead to sin and alive to God: sin will no longer ruleTemptation
With the Greek beneath
Romans 6:11, word by word
- considerλογίζεσθεlogizesthe
consider
To think that something is so.
Where else “logizesthe” appears- to beεἶναιeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears- deadνεκροὺςnekrous
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrous” appears- to sinἁμαρτίᾳhamartiai
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiai” appears- aliveζῶνταςzōntas
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōntas” appears- to Godθεῷtheōi
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears- the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
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).
Where else “Iēsou” appears
The context
10For the death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 · This verse (above)
12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires;
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?