Passage
God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
Romans 6:2 (ASV)
Nearby Context
Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Romans 6:2 God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
Romans 6:3 Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Romans 6:4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "forbid", "died", "shall", "longer", "live", and "therein". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "forbid" and "died", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "What shall we say then Shall we..." into verse 3's "Or are ye ignorant that all we...", so "forbid" and "died" 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 "forbid" and "died" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.