“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.”
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. — Death ἐν τῷ σώματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ (en tō sōmati tou Christou, "in the body of Christ"—through baptismal union) dissolves the law's claim; believers now "belong to" (γίνομαι, ginomai) the Risen Christ. The goal is κάρπος (karpos, "fruit for God")—ethical and spiritual productivity flowing from new covenant union, not external legal constraint.
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