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 God has caused our old nature to die with Christ on the cross. This happened so that God could make us free from the power of sin in our lives. We are no longer like slaves who have sin as their master. 7Sin no longer has any authority over someone who has died. So, if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9God raised Christ, so that he became alive again after his death. Because of that, we know that he will never die again. Death has no authority over him any more. 10When Christ died, he died once to destroy the power of sin for ever. Now that he is alive again, he lives to serve God.

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 6:3Remember what your baptism shows: When they baptized you, it shows that you are united with Christ Jesus. It also shows that, because Christ died, your old life also died.
• 2 Timothy 2:11We all know that this is true: ‘If we have died with Christ in this world, we will also live with him in the future world.
• John 14:19Soon, the people who belong to this world will not see me any more. But you will see me. Because I continue to live, you also will live.
• 2 Corinthians 4:10As we serve Jesus, we know that we may die as he died. Because of that, our lives show that we live because he is alive.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4People killed Christ on the cross as a weak person. But he now lives by God's power. We are also weak as we serve Christ, like he was weak. But we live, because he now lives. So, when we come to you, we will show God's power among you.
• Colossians 3:3Remember that your old nature has died. God is keeping your new life safe with Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14We believe that Jesus died and he rose again after death. So we also believe that people who have died as Christians will rise again. When God brings Jesus back, he will take the Christians to go with 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