Romans 6:5 (DBY)

Passage

For if we are become identified with [him] in the likeness of his death, so also we shall be of [his] resurrection;

Nearby Context

Romans 6:3 Are you ignorant that we, as many as have been baptised unto Christ Jesus, have been baptised unto his death?

Romans 6:4 We have been buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, in order that, even as Christ has been raised up from among [the] dead by the glory of the Father, so *we* also should walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:5 For if we are become identified with [him] in the likeness of his death, so also we shall be of [his] resurrection;

Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin.

Romans 6:7 For he that has died is justified from sin.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "become", "identified", "likeness", "death", "shall", and "resurrection". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "become" and "identified", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "We have been buried therefore with him..." into verse 6's "knowing this that our old man has...", so "become" and "identified" 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 "become" and "identified" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.