Romans 6:11

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

'Even so' -in this verse the application is made of all that precedes.

'Reckon' -'Consider yourselves' (NASV). The verb does not mean "to conclude" in. mere logical fashion but "to reckon" with certain facts as facts so as to act on them because they are facts. Paul says: 'Take it ever as. settled fact that you are dead to sin but living to God in connection with Christ Jesus.'

'So you must think of yourselves' (Gspd); 'So you too must consider yourselves' (Wms); 'So let it be with you' (TCNT).

'Dead to unto sin' -thus severed from the bondage and mastery of sin. Free from the life of sin, free from obeying sin's every invitation and temptation. The context demands that we take this as 'dead unto sin'-FOR GOOD, ONCE FOR ALL, this is how Christians must view their responsibility towards God! And the life. now live, must be one of unending living for God. (Galatians 2:20)

'Alive unto God' -'the life of. Christian need not be on merely of ceaseless conflict; it should be. life of ever more continuous victory'.

In the context this means. 'life lived for God' (Romans 6:10).

'This verse doesn't simply say we "have life" in Christ. That is presupposed. This verse speaks of the human response to God which lines-up with the work of God on their behalf. They are "to live" unto God and not simply enjoy "life" in God through Jesus Christ. The life which Christ "lives" (active voice, not passive) is energy directed toward God and not something (simply) received.'

'In Christ Jesus' -the only realm of spiritual life (Ephesians 1:3).