ACC ~ Romans 6 v11
ALIVE TO GOD. ORIGEN: Whoever thinks or considers that he is dead will not sin. For example, if lust for a woman gets hold of me or if greed for silver, gold or riches stirs me and I say in my heart that I have died with Christ ā¦ the lust is immediately quenched and sin disappears.
The addition of āalive to God in Christ Jesusā does not seem to me to be superfluous. It is as if Paul were saying that we are alive to God in wisdom, peace, righteousness and sanctification, all of which Christ is. Living to God in these is the same as living to God in Christ Jesus. For as nobody lives to God without righteousness, peace, sanctification and the other virtues, so it is certain that no one can live to God except in Christ Jesus. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.
DEAD TO SIN. HILARY OF POITIERS: Paul attributes death to sin, i.e., to our body, but life to God, to whose nature it belongs that he lives, so that we must die to our body in order to live in Christ Jesus. While assuming the body of our sin, Christ already lives wholly for God, since he has united the nature that he shared with us in a mutual participation in the divine immortality. THE TRINITY 9.13.
FREEDOM FROM SIN NOT YET COMPLETE. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul says: āConsider yourselvesā ā¦ because complete freedom from sin is not a reality as yet. ā¦ We are told to live for God in Jesus Christ our Lord and to lay hold of every virtue, having Jesus as our ally in the struggle. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 11.
IN HIM OUR LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH GOD. PELAGIUS: As members of Christ you should understand that having died with him once for all you ought now always to live for God in Christ. In him our life is hidden with God, and since we have been clothed with him we should follow his example. PELAGIUSāS COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.
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