Ye also were made to the law (κα υμεις εθανατωθητε). First aorist indicative passive of θανατοω, old verb, to put to death ([Refer…

Therefore. This verse contains an application of the illustration in the two preceding ones. The idea there is that death di olves a c…

Are become dead.—Were rendered dead—somewhat stronger than simply “you died.”

While we were under the law, we could not come under the new covenant—the covenant of grace. But, through the death of Christ, we are dead to the l…

Paul now applies this illustration. But the reader is apt to be somewhat disturbed about a measure of inconsistency in the way it is applied.