² Absolutely not! How can we die to a life where sin ruled over us and then invite sin back into our lives?

⁸ But if we have died with the Anointed One, we believe that we shall also live together with Him.

¹¹ So here is how to picture yourself now that you have been initiated into Jesus the Anointed: you are dead to sin’s power and influence, but you are alive to God’s rule.

³ because your old life is dead and gone. Your new life is now hidden, enmeshed with the Anointed who is in God.