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For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall also be united with him in his resurrection. We know that our old[a] self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died has been freed from sin.

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  1. Romans 6:6 The adjective old has a precise meaning for Paul: it describes the reality of a sinful world that is closed against the new life that has its source in Christ (see 1 Cor 5:7-8; 2 Cor 3:14); the old self and the sinful body signify the human being as marked by sin (Gal 3:26-29).

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.(A) For we know that our old self(B) was crucified with him(C) so that the body ruled by sin(D) might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin(E) because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.(F)

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  1. Romans 6:6 Or be rendered powerless