Rom 6:6-11 | JFB | STEP | 6-7. Knowing this, &c.-- The apostle now grows more definite and vivid in expressing the sin-destroying efficacy of our union with the crucified Saviour. that our old man-- "our old selves"; that is, "all that we were in our old unregenerate condition, before union with Christ" (compare , ; ; ; 5:24; ). is-- rather, "was." crucified with him-- in order. that the body of sin-- not a figure for "the mass of sin"; nor the "material body," considered as the seat of sin, which it is not; but (as we judge) for "sin as it dwells in us in our present embodied state, under the law of the fall." might be destroyed-- (in Christ's death)--to the end. that henceforth we should not serve sin-- "be in bondage to sin."

‏ Romans 6:6-11

6-7. Knowing this, &c.--The apostle now grows more definite and vivid in expressing the sin-destroying efficacy of our union with the crucified Saviour.

that our old man--"our old selves"; that is, "all that we were in our old unregenerate condition, before union with Christ" (compare Col 3:9, 10; Ep 4:22-24; Ga 2:20; 5:24; 6:14).

is--rather, "was."

crucified with him--in order.

that the body of sin--not a figure for "the mass of sin"; nor the "material body," considered as the seat of sin, which it is not; but (as we judge) for "sin as it dwells in us in our present embodied state, under the law of the fall."

might be destroyed--(in Christ's death)--to the end.

that henceforth we should not serve sin--"be in bondage to sin."

8. Now if we be dead--"if we died."

with Christ, &c.--See on Ro 6:5.

9-11. Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him--Though Christ's death was in the most absolute sense a voluntary act (Joh 10:17, 18; Ac 2:24), that voluntary surrender gave death such rightful "dominion over Him" as dissolved its dominion over us. But this once past, "death hath," even in that sense, "dominion over Him no more."