ROMANS 6:8

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:”

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Romans 6:8 Translation & Meaning

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Now δὲ But, and, etc Now
if εἰ If, whether, that, etc if
we be dead ἀπεθάνομεν To die off (literally or figuratively) dead
with σὺν With or together (but much closer than G3326 or G3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc with
Christ, Χριστῷ Anointed, i.e., the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus Christ
we believe πιστεύομεν To have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e., credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ) believe
that ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because that
we shall with συζήσομεν To continue to live in common with, i.e., co-survive (literally or figuratively) we shall with
also καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words also
live συζήσομεν To continue to live in common with, i.e., co-survive (literally or figuratively) live
him: αὐτῷ The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons him

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  • 6  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

  • 7  For he that is dead is freed from sin.

  • 8  Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

  • 9  Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

  • 10  For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.




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