Likewise also you: reckon yourselves to be dead indeed with reference to sin but living with reference to God by Christ Jesus.”​—Rom. 1:7; 6:9-11.

6, 7. How is it that Christ died “with reference to sin” but lives “with reference to God”?

⁶ Therefore, the person putting faith in Christ can live not as one spiritually dead because of his sins, blocked from communication with God, but as one alive, serving God, in a positive, upbuilding way, actively obeying God’s commands, upbuilding others.