Romans 6:9 (WEB)

Passage

knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!

Nearby Context

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

Romans 6:8 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!

Romans 6:10 For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

Romans 6:11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "knowing", "christ", "raised", "dead", "dies", "death", "dominion", and "over". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "knowing" and "christ", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But if we died with Christ we..." into verse 10's "For the death that he died he...", so "knowing" and "christ" 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 "knowing" and "christ" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.