“knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.”
— WEB
Romans 6:6
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“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.”
— KJV
“knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;”
— ASV
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Commentary
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; Eph 4:22-24; Gal 2:20; Gal 5:24; Gal 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."
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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