Chapter 6: We Are Dead to Sin

v.2 God forbid means “perish the thought.” When we’re born again, our spirits are put in control of our bodies and minds. In the spiritual dimension we fellowship with God and are conscious of Him.

v.3–4 We buried the old flesh-dominated nature in baptism, and the new creature is free from sin.

v.6 Destroyed is katargeo which means “to put out of business.”

This should read in the past tense, “Our old man was crucified.”

v.11 God didn’t intend for our bodily appetites to rule over us, but, as long as we’re in these bodies, we’ll have a struggle with the flesh. We must daily go before God to reckon our old nature dead and by faith to claim the victory (Galatians 5).

v.12–13 We don’t have to sin anymore. We now have the choice to yield to the flesh or to God.

v.14–17 We’ve been freed from being servants of sin. Now that we’re free from the bondage of sin and are under grace, it doesn’t make sense to sin. Instead, we can yield ourselves to God as His instruments for righteousness.

v.21 The fruit (or product) of sin is death.

v.22–23 The fruit of holiness is eternal life.