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Ye also were made to the law (κα υμεις εθανατωθητε). First aorist indicative passive of θανατοω, old verb, to put to death ([Refer…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Therefore. This verse contains an application of the illustration in the two preceding ones. The idea there is that death di olves a c…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Are become dead.—Were rendered dead—somewhat stronger than simply “you died.”
By the body of …
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
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.
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Through the body of Christ. Christ, by the glorious victory of the cross, first triumphed over sin; and that he might do this, it was nece…
John Gill
JohnGill
Wherefore, my brethren, you also
Here the apostle accommodates the foregoing instance and example to the case in hand, showing…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
As long as anyone continues under the law as a covenant and seeks justification by their own obedience, they continue as a slave to sin in some for…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
After showing that we are set free from sin through the grace of Christ, the Apostle now shows that through the same grace we are freed from slaver…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson