Introduction to Romans 6: part 3

Additionally, taking the passage clause by clause, we can further break down the message to see the relationships between death and life, being slaves to sin versus having freedom in Christ. I've added the breakdown as a photo, since it's easier to see from a Word Document perspective with track changes below.

Clause-by-clause representation created by blog author

As seen in the breakdown of verses 1-5 above, the Apostle Paul hits home the doctrine of salvation within practically each verse. We have been baptized as a new creation (6:3). We died and have brought back to life (6:4, repeated again at length through 6:8-10). 

Next, we'll look at the second half of this passage in the same manner.