羅馬書6:1-4

6:1 這樣，怎麼說呢？我們可以仍在罪中、叫恩典顯多嗎？
6:2 斷乎不可！我們在罪上死了的人豈可仍在罪中活著呢？
6:3 豈不知我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人是受洗歸入他的死嗎？
6:4 所以，我們藉著洗禮歸入死，和他一同埋葬，原是叫我們一舉一動有新生的樣式，像基督藉著父的榮耀從死裡復活一樣。

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? ² By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? ³ Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

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    保羅這段話是為了5章20節：「律法本是外添的，叫過犯顯多；只是罪在哪裡顯多，恩典就更顯多了。」做一個平衡，讓讀者不要以為既然上帝有恩典，就一直犯罪下去好了！

    而信徒之所以不能一直犯罪的原因是：「斷乎不可！我們在罪上死了的人豈可仍在罪中活著呢？豈不知我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人是受洗歸入他的死嗎？」

    也就是說我們對罪，應當看自己是已經死了的人！之所已死，是因為我們受洗歸入基督的死！既然如此，我們就要棄絕罪！我們要與罪切割關係，因為我們所受的洗禮，使我們與基督連合，同死同復活了！