I was reading Romans 6:2
μὴ γένοιτο. οἵτινες ἀπεθάνομεν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, πῶς ἔτι ζήσομεν ἐν αὐτῇ;
Which is usually translated something like,
“May it never be! How can we who died to sin still live in it?”
If this verse was taken by itself, I wouldn’t have any question about it. But chapter 5 talks about how death came about because of our sin. So is there any reason why we don’t translate the dative like we do in Ephesians 2:1 died in sin?
Eph. 2:1 Καὶ ὑμᾶς ὄντας νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν,
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy
