You are Dead to Sin

What you see are two questions that are being asked and these two questions are asked often still today. The first question rises from an unregenerate heart and the second from a regenerate life. Understand that and you have a key towards understanding why sin still roils in the life of the believer and how to gain victory over it.

This portion of Romans has been divided up between those who look at it through the primary lens of justification and those who view it through the lens of sanctification. A third alternative is to see that the doctrine of regeneration is the primary subject of Paul's teaching here.