Rom 6:6  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; ASV

Rom 6:6  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. KJV

Rom 6:6  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be nullified, so that we no longer serve sin. LITV
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                                COMMENTARY

Jo 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that commits sin is the bondservant of sin.

How can a person who is sinning 24/7 claim to no longer be in bondage to sin?

If a person is sinning 24/7 how is it then that he is ~not~ the bondservant of sin?

  Paul says the Christian is free from sin's power. Therefore sin has no power over us.  verse 9. That means we now live a life that is marked by an absence of sin.  This is ~not~ sinless perfection because Christians can still sin and in fact do. But they do not make a  -Practice-  of sin.  When they sin they confess, repent, get back up & keep on goin. In a word, they stop sinning. In other words, whereas sin was the norm, the beginning, middle & end of life, it now is no longer the norm but is the exception.

  Those who believe that Sanctification means you must constantly be struggling against the 'old man' cannot get that from this verse because the Greek tense is Aorist which is past. The KJV incorrectly translates as "is"... presently being crucified. But the force of the Greek means the Christian's old man -Was- crucified while the rest of the passage teaches it is dead and buried. How can something that is dead & buried  still somehow be alive? But that's what all the "progressive sanctification" people believe.  That's right folks... I'm saying that "progressive sanctification" is false doctrine! There are no "degrees" of holiness. You either holy or you ain't.

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