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Romans 6:2 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Romans 6:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Romans chapter 6 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“God forbid . How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein ?”
Romans 6:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Romans 6:2
God forbid (mē genoito, μὴ γένοιτο)—Paul's strongest negation, appearing 10 times in Romans. Literally "may it never be!" This emphatic rejection introduces Paul's theological explanation: believers have died to sin (apethanomen tē hamartia, ἀπεθάνομεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ)—the aorist tense indicating a definite past event at conversion.The phrase "dead to sin" uses the dative of reference: believers died with respect to sin, breaking sin's mastery. This isn't sinless perfection but a changed relationship—sin no longer has legal dominion over justified believers. Paul's rhetorical question expects the a...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Romans 6:2
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“because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin”
“and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
“that we”
“my brothers”
“through the law”
“having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit”
“not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance”
“arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;”
“why”
“that one died for all”