Romans 6:11 meaning and explanation

So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:11, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is writing to believers in Rome, summing up the argument of Romans 6: since baptism united them with Christ's death and resurrection, sin no longer has a claim on them. The verb he uses, "count" (Greek logizomai, to reckon or consider), calls for a deliberate, ongoing decision rather than a feeling.

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