Romans 6:8

Romans 6:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
• New International Version (NIV)Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

Context of Romans 6:8

6We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. 7For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live [together] with Him, 9because we know [the self-evident truth] that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. 10For the death that He died, He died to sin [ending its power and paying the sinner’s debt] once and for all; and the life that He lives, He lives to [glorify] God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].

Romans 6:8 word by word

εἰ δὲ ἀπεθάνομεν σὺν Χριστῷ, πιστεύομεν ὅτι καὶ συζήσομεν αὐτῷ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• we be deadἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• we believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• we shallσυζάωsuzaō · to live togetherG4800
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Romans 6:8

• Romans 6:3Or are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
• 2 Timothy 2:11This is a faithful and trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
• John 14:19After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
• 2 Corinthians 4:10always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown in our body.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4For even though He was crucified in weakness [yielding Himself], yet He lives [resurrected] by the power of God [His Father]. For we too are weak in Him [as He was humanly weak], yet we are alive and well [in fellowship] with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.
• Colossians 3:3For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again [as in fact He did], even so God [in this same way—by raising them from the dead] will bring with Him those [believers] who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

Commentaries on Romans 6:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Now if we be dead with Christ - According to what is stated in the preceding verses. See particularly on the 5th verse ( Romans 6:5; (note)).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-11Verses 8-11 This passage is a confirmation and illustration of what the apostle had said before, Romans 6:5-7. The argument is, that as Christ was once dead but now lives to God, and will no more die, so we, being dead to sin, but living unto God, should not obey sin, but should live only to God. Romans 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ - If we be dead in a manner similar to what he was; if we are made dead to sin by his work, as he was dead in the grave…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-10Verses 3-10 Baptism teaches the necessity of dying to sin, and being as it were buried from all ungodly and unholy pursuits, and of rising to walk with God in newness of life. Unholy professors may have had the outward sign of a death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness, but they never passed from the family of Satan to that of God. The corrupt nature, called the old man, because derived from our first father Adam, is crucified with Christ, in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8we will also live with him: This means we will experience a resurrection of our bodies with Christ (see 6:5). Christians are already spiritually resurrected with Christ (Ephesians 2:5–6; Colossians 2:13). We will also experience a physical resurrection when he returns in glory (2 Corinthians 4:14; Philippians 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Timothy 2:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Now if we be dead--"if we died." with Christ, &c.--See on Ro 6:5.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 6:8

• Death
• Holiness
• Life
• Regeneration
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Destroy
• Eternal life
• Faith
• Fruit
• Newness
• Obey
• Reign
• Wages

Commentaries on Romans 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings