5 For if we have become united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

6 We know that our old selves were crucified with him so that our sinful bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.

7 For the person who has died has been freed from sin.

8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,

9 for we know that Christ, who was raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

10 For when he died, he died once and for all as far as sin is concerned. But now that he is alive, he lives for God.