Romans 6:11 (ASV)

Passage

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

Nearby Context

Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.

Romans 6:10 For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Romans 6:11 Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

Romans 6:13 neither present your members unto sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "reckon", "yourselves", "dead", "alive", "christ", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "reckon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For the death that he died he..." into verse 12's "Let not sin therefore reign in your...", so "even" and "reckon" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "even" and "reckon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.