Verse 6

and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 6:4 : 4 we were buried together, then, with him through the baptism to the death, that even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we in newness of life might walk.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 who also made us sufficient `to be' ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.
  • Rom 7:4 : 4 So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 let it not be! we who died to the sin -- how shall we still live in it?
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, 5 that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;
  • Gal 6:15 : 15 for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation;
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,
  • Col 3:10 : 10 and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 so that if any one `is' in Christ -- `he is' a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
  • Gal 2:19-20 : 19 for I through law, did die, that to God I may live; 20 with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh -- in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;
  • Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'
  • Gal 3:23-25 : 23 And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed, 24 so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous, 25 and the faith having come, no more under a child-conductor are we,
  • Rom 6:11 : 11 so also ye, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to the sin, and living to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 6:14-15 : 14 for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace. 15 What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!
  • Rom 6:19 : 19 In the manner of men I speak, because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as ye did present your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness -- to the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to the righteousness -- to sanctification,
  • Rom 6:22 : 22 And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit -- to sanctification, and the end life age-during;
  • Rom 7:1 : 1 Are ye ignorant, brethren -- for to those knowing law I speak -- that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?
  • Ezek 11:19 : 19 And I have given to them one heart, And a new spirit I do give in your midst, And I have turned the heart of stone out of their flesh, And I have given to them a heart of flesh.
  • Ezek 36:26 : 26 And I have given to you a new heart, And a new spirit I give in your midst, And I have turned aside the heart of stone out of your flesh, And I have given to you a heart of flesh.
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 for God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,
  • Rom 2:27-29 : 27 and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, `art' a transgressor of law. 28 For he is not a Jew who is `so' outwardly, neither `is' circumcision that which is outward in flesh; 29 but a Jew `is' he who is `so' inwardly, and circumcision `is' of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, of which the praise is not of men, but of God.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what `is' the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.