English Standard Version
Romans 6:8
8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
- New Living Translation (NLT)And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.
Context of Romans 6:8
6We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
Read all of Romans 6Romans 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 6:3Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
- 2 Timothy 2:11The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
- John 14:19Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.
- Colossians 3:3For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
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
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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
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