Since we have been reunited with Him in His death, we will also be raised to life as He was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with Him. WE are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and He will never die again. When He died, He died once to break the power of sin. But now that He lives. he lives for the glory of God. So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. (vv. 5-11, NLT)