According to Romans 6:6, our old man was ____ with Christ.

• A. Resurrected
• B. Crucified
• C. Forgiven
• D. Reborn

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is identification with Christ’s death: when a person puts faith in Jesus, the old self—the portion of us ruled by sin—really is crucified with Him. Romans 6:6 expresses that our old man was crucified with Christ, so the power of sin over the body is broken, enabling us to live a new kind of life. This isn’t just forgiveness or a fresh start; it’s a decisive end to the old pattern of bondage, now lived out in union with Christ and empowered by the Spirit.

Resurrected suggests a rise again of the old self, which isn’t the point Paul is making; forgiving speaks to pardon but doesn’t capture the death of the old nature; reborn is close to the idea of new life but doesn’t specifically convey the crucifixion with Christ that breaks sin’s dominion. The passage emphasizes the crucifixion of the old self with Christ as the foundation for living free from sin.