Romans 6:9. Knowing; ‘since we know.' The ground of our belief is the knowledge of His enduring life, after His triumphant resurrection.

Being raised from the dead. The resurrection is the pledge of His enduring life.

Hath dominion over him no more. It had dominion over Him, as God decreed (chap. Romans 5:8-10) and as He voluntarily gave Himself up to it, but there its power ended. The sentence stands independently. The transitoriness of the dominion of death is thus emphasized by the form of expression. (Comp. Acts 13:34.) Unless our Saviour is now undying, we cannot be sure of living in and with Him.

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