Rom 6:10-11 | Family | STEP | He died unto sin ; in reference to sin, the design of his death being to put away sin. . By making expiation for sin he prepared the way for its forgiveness, and thus its removal from the souls of all that believe in him. In that he liveth ; liveth in his new resurrection-life. He liveth unto God ; his life is devoted to the glory of God in the furtherance of the work of redemption. Before his crucifixion, Christ lived unto God also. But that was a life of humiliation leading to the death of the cross, and may here be reckoned as a part of the process of his dying unto sin. His resurrection-life, on the contrary, is a life of exaltation, in which all power is given into his hands for the glory of the Father, in the over-throw of the kingdom of Satan and the establishment of the kingdom of God in this world.

Romans 6:10-11

He died unto sin; in reference to sin, the design of his death being to put away sin. He 9:26. By making expiation for sin he prepared the way for its forgiveness, and thus its removal from the souls of all that believe in him.

In that he liveth; liveth in his new resurrection-life.

He liveth unto God; his life is devoted to the glory of God in the furtherance of the work of redemption. Before his crucifixion, Christ lived unto God also. But that was a life of humiliation leading to the death of the cross, and may here be reckoned as a part of the process of his dying unto sin. His resurrection-life, on the contrary, is a life of exaltation, in which all power is given into his hands for the glory of the Father, in the over-throw of the kingdom of Satan and the establishment of the kingdom of God in this world. Likewise reckon ye; be like Christ, in dying to sin and living to God.

Dead indeed unto sin; dead in reference to sin, in the sense of putting it away from you, and having no more to do with it.

Alive unto God; living a new life of holiness devoted to God's glory, in imitation of Christ's resurrection-life.

Through Jesus Christ; by virtue of your union with him through faith. In this and the preceding verse, we have the key to the interpretation of the preceding comparison extended in various forms through verses Ro 6:4-9. Faith in Christ is the means not only of justification, but of sanctification; and produces a change not of state and condition only, but of character and conduct. It leads a person to live not unto himself, but unto Him who died for him and rose again.