Romans 6:5 (WEB)

Passage

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

Nearby Context

Romans 6:3 Or don’t you know 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 into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

Romans 6:7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

Study Lenses

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

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