Paul writes that sin no longer controls us, using words that parallel verse nine. We talk about that parallel, and the new life we have under grace.

Paul offers us a long verse that says we are to offer every part of ourselves to God instead of allowing any part to be offered to sin.

Paul writes that we consider ourselves dead to sin because we need to stop sin from reigning in our mortal bodies. We talk about what it means to reign and let sin reign.

Paul writes that since Jesus died to sin, we must consider ourselves dead to sin. It's not enough that we are in fact dead to sin--it's important that each day we credit that death to sin to ourselves so that we remember our status.

Paul includes three words in the middle of verse ten that are so impactful: that Jesus died to sin "once for all." That echoes what Paul wrote in Chapter 5, that Adam disobeyed God's command once and it impacted all. We talk about those three powerful words, "once for all."

Paul follows up his transition from death to life with a verse that further fleshes out the vacuum that death now is.

If we are dead to sin, then what are we? Paul answers that in verse eight by saying that we who have died to Christ are therefore alive with Him. We talk about stories of people alive with Him.

Paul provides a succinct summation of the point he's trying to make in the first part of chapter six here in verse seven: that when we die in Christ we have been set free from sin. That's a powerful concept.

Paul again broadens his message in this verse, writing that Jesus was crucified to free us from being enslaved to sin, and that as He was crucified, our old selves were crucified with Him.

Paul broadens the message from verse four here to apply to our deaths in general--both our spiritual death and the physical--stating that since we are united with Christ in death, we shall be united with him in resurrection.