Romans 6 · Verse 10

Romans 6:10

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Romans 6:10, King James Version

Romans 6:10 in other translations

BSBThe death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
WEBFor the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.
ASVFor the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
YLTfor in that he died, to the sin he died once, and in that he liveth, he liveth to God;
DARBYFor in that he has died, he has died to sin once for all; but in that he lives, he lives to God.
BBEFor his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.
WebsterFor in that he died, he died to sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth to God.

What does Romans 6:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 6:9-11

9-11. Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him--Though Christ's death was in the most absolute sense a voluntary act (Joh 10:17, 18; Ac 2:24), that voluntary surrender gave death such rightful "dominion over Him" as dissolved its dominion over us. But this once past, "death hath," even in that sense, "dominion over Him no more."

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 10. For in that he died. For in respect to the design of his death.

He died unto sin. His death had respect to sin. The design of his death was to destroy sin; to make an atonement for it, and thus to put it away. As his death was designed to effect this, so it follows that Christians, being baptized into his death, and having it as their object to destroy sin, should not indulge in it. The whole force of the motive, therefore, drawn from the death of Christ, is to induce Christians to forsake sin. Comp. 2Cor 5:15, "And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."

Once. (εφαπαξ). Once only; once for all. This is an adverb denying a repetition, (Schleusner,) and implies that it will not be done again. Comp. Heb 7:27, 9:12, 10:10. The argument of the apostle rests much on this, that his death was once for all; that it would not be repeated.

In that he liveth. The object, the design of his living. He aims with his living power to promote the glory of God.

Unto God. He seeks to promote his glory. The argument of Paul is this: Christians by their profession are united to him. They are bound to imitate him. As he now lives only to advance the glory of God; as all his mighty power, now that he is raised from the dead, and elevated to his throne in heaven, is exerted to promote his glory; so should their powers, being raised from the death of sin, be exerted to promote the glory of God.

(s) "be dead indeed" Rom 6:2 (t) "alive unto God" Gal 2:16

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 He died unto sin once - On this clause Rosenmuller speaks thus: "Τῃ ἁμαρτιᾳ απεθανεν εφαπαξ· propter peccatum mortuus est semel, et quidem misera morte. Τῃ ἁμαρτιᾳ , i.e. ὑπερ της ἁμαρτιας, ad expianda peccata; res ipsa docet aliter homines αποθνησκειν τῃ ἁμαρτιᾳ, aliter Christum: amat Paulus parallelismum, in quo interpretando multa cautione opus est." "He died unto sin once: i.e. he died on account of sin, and truly a miserable death. Τῃ ἁμαρτιᾳ, is the same as ὑπερ της ἁμαρτιας, for the expiation of sin. Common sense teaches us that men die to sin in one sense; Christ in another: St. Paul loves parallelisms, in the interpretation of which there is need of much caution." From the whole scope of the apostle's discourse it is plain that he considers the death of Christ as a death or sacrifice for sin; a sin-offering: in this sense no man has ever died for sin, or ever can die.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Romans 6:3-10

Baptism teaches the necessity of dying to sin, and being as it were buried from all ungodly and unholy pursuits, and of rising to walk with God in newness of life. Unholy professors may have had the outward sign of a death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness, but they never passed from the family of Satan to that of God. The corrupt nature, called the old man, because derived from our first father Adam, is…

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Romans 6:10 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὃhoThat whichG3739
γὰρgarforG1063
ἀπέθανεν,apethanenHe died,G599
τῇtēa<the>G3588
ἁμαρτίᾳhamartiato sinG266
ἀπέθανενapethanenHe diedG599
ἐφάπαξ·ephapaxonce for all;G2178
ὃhothat whichG3739
δὲdehoweverG1161
ζῇ,zēaHe lives,G2198
ζῇzēaHe livesG2198
τῷtō<the>G3588
θεῷ.theōto God.G2316

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Romans 6:10

  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  • 1 Peter 4:6

    For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:15

    And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

  • Hebrews 9:26-28

    For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

  • Romans 14:7-9

    For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

  • Romans 8:3

    For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

  • Romans 6:11

    Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Luke 20:38

    For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he died unto.
8:3; 2Co 5:21; Heb 9:26-28; 1Pe 3:18
he liveth unto.
11; 14:7-9; Lu 20:38; 2Co 5:15; 1Pe 4:6

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Context

  • Romans 6:9

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

  • Romans 6:10

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

  • Romans 6:11

    Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Romans 6:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque el haber muerto, al pecado murió una vez; mas el vivir, á Dios vive.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car en ce qu’il est mort, il est mort une fois pour toutes au péché; mais en ce qu’il vit, il vit à Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn was er gestorben ist, ist er ein für allemal der Sünde gestorben; was er aber lebt, lebt er Gott.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod enim mortuus est peccato, mortuus est semel: quod autem vivit, vivit Deo.