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 8:13

8:13 (for if you live according to the flesh, you will ³  die), ⁴  but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

Psalms 88:5

88:5 adrift ⁵  among the dead,

like corpses lying in the grave,

whom you remember no more,

and who are cut off from your power. ⁶ 

Colossians 2:11

2:11 In him you also were circumcised – not, however, ⁷  with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal ⁸  of the fleshly body, ⁹  that is, ¹⁰  through the circumcision done by Christ.

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 Grk “are about to, are certainly going to.”

⁴ sn This remark is parenthetical to Paul’s argument.

⁵ tn Heb “set free.”

⁶ tn Heb “from your hand.”

⁷ tn The terms “however” and “but” in this sentence were supplied in order to emphasize the contrast.

⁸ tn The articular noun τῇ ἀπεκδύσει (th apekdusei) is a noun which ends in -σις (-sis) and therefore denotes action, i.e., “removal.” Since the head noun is a verbal noun, the following genitive τοῦ σώματος (tou swmatos) is understood as an objective genitive, receiving the action of the head noun.

⁹ tn Grk “in the removal of the body of flesh.” The genitive τῆς σαρκός (th" sarko") has been translated as an attributive genitive, “fleshly body.”

¹⁰ tn The second prepositional phrase beginning with ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ (en th peritomh) is parallel to the prepositional phrase ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει (en th apekdusei) and gives a further explanation of it. The words “that is” were supplied to bring out this force in the translation.