6:2 By no means. A frequently used expression of shocked recoil (3:31; 6:15; 7:7, 13; 9:14; 11:1, 11).

we who died to sin. Paul’s point is that believers have been really united with Jesus Christ in both His death and His resurrection, and that this has so altered their condition that for them to continue sinning as before is not only inappropriate but actually impossible.