decisively ‘crucified’; as a quality of his character, it had been redirected along the path of God’s will and Christ’s service. See further on 6:14. 5:25 Εἰ ζῶμεν πνεύματι, πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν, ‘If the Spirit is the source of our life, let the Spirit also direct our course’ (NEB). That their new life in Christ was lived by the Spirit they knew; the moral corollary of this, Paul reminds them, is that their conduct should be governed by the Spirit: they should march in line (keep in step)