Romans 6:6

6:6 We know that ¹  our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, ²  so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Romans 6:14

6:14 For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 6:18

6:18 and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

Romans 6:22

6:22 But now, freed ³  from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit ⁴  leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

¹ tn Grk “knowing this, that.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Grk “may be rendered ineffective, inoperative,” or possibly “may be destroyed.” The term καταργέω (katargew) has various nuances. In Rom 7:2 the wife whose husband has died is freed from the law (i.e., the law of marriage no longer has any power over her, in spite of what she may feel). A similar point seems to be made here (note v. 7).

³ tn The two aorist participles translated “freed” and “enslaved” are causal in force; their full force is something like “But now, since you have become freed from sin and since you have become enslaved to God….”

⁴ tn Grk “fruit.”