The Calvary event is discussed specifically at the moments of crucifixion and burial. These two moments are applied metaphorically to the believers as far as the question of sin is concerned. In his discourse from Romans 6:1–14 Paul integrates the element of sin in order to defend his thesis in 6:2. He does it against a complex network of ideas in 6:6. He works with his way of speaking about the believers’ past, namely ‘our old man’, which we interpreted5 as being a way of speaking about our past
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