<p>6:7&nbsp;<em>He that has died is set free from sin</em>- is virtually quoting Rabbinic writings. However in the Talmud there is the statement that &ldquo;when a man is dead he is freed from keeping the law&rdquo; (<em>B. Shabbat</em>, 151 B). Paul provocatively replaces &ldquo;law&rdquo; with &ldquo;sin&rdquo;. Not that God&rsquo;s law is sinful in itself, but he has been emphasizing that the Law is associated with sin because it as it were magnifies sin and leads to the conscious crossing over of a Divine line which results in sin being imputed to man. However, &ldquo;freed&rdquo; here translates the usual word for &ldquo;justified&rdquo; or acquitted. A slave can no longer serve a master after the death of the slave. And this is how God counts us.</p>