Romans 6:9
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Romans 6:9 in other translations
| BSB | For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. |
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| WEB | knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him! |
| ASV | knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him. |
| YLT | knowing that Christ, having been raised up out of the dead, doth no more die, death over him hath no more lordship; |
| DARBY | knowing that Christ having been raised up from among the dead dies no more: death has dominion over him no more. |
| BBE | Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him. |
| Webster | Knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. |
What does Romans 6:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 6:9-11
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Dieth no more. Will never die again, He will have occasion to make no other atonement for sin; for that which he has made is sufficient for all. He is beyond the dominion of death, and will live for ever. Rev 1:18, "I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore." This is not only a consolation to the Christian, but it is an argument why he should be holy.
No more dominion. No rule; no lordship; no power, he is free from its influence; and the king of terrors cannot reach his throne. Comp. Heb 9:26-28, 10:12.
(q) "Christ being raised" Rev 1:18
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Romans 6:9 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Romans 6:9
- Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- Acts 2:24-28
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. …
- Hebrews 10:12-13
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
- Hebrews 2:14-15
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
- Psalms 16:9-11
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Romans 5:14
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
- Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
- Hebrews 7:16
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
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Context
- Romans 6:8
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
- 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 6:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sabiendo que Cristo, habiendo resucitado de entre los muertos, ya no muere: la muerte no se enseñoreará más de él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | sachant que Christ, ayant été ressuscité d’entre les morts, ne meurt plus; la mort ne domine plus sur lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | da wir wissen, daß Christus, aus den Toten auferweckt, nicht mehr stirbt; der Tod herrscht nicht mehr über ihn. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | scientes quod Christus resurgens ex mortuis jam non moritur: mors illi ultra non dominabitur. |