“For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.”
For in that he died, he died to sin once for all; but in that he lives, he lives to God. — The ἐφάπαξ (ephapax, "once for all") echoes Hebrews' atonement logic: death to sin is singular, unrepeated, eschatologically decisive. The resurrection life is ἀπαρτί (aparts, "henceforth") lived toward God (πρὸς τὸν θεόν, pros ton theon), a relational orientation. Christ's death-once undoes sin's power; his life-now manifests God-orientation.
Church Fathers on Romans 6:10
“He died unto sin.” What does “unto sin” mean? It means that He was not subject even to that one, but for our sin, that He might destroy it, and cut away its sinews and all its power, therefore He died. Do you see how he affrights them? For if He does not die again, then there is no second laver, then do thou keep from all inclinableness to sin. For all this he says to make a stand against the “let us do evil that good may come. Let us remain in sin that grace may abound.”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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