Paul grounds his belief that “we will also live with Christ” in the knowledge that “since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him” (6:9). Christ, who was guiltless, submitted himself to sin and death’s coregency on behalf of descendants from Adam. Death no longer has lordship over the Lord (οὐκέτι κυριεύει, 6:9) because the death Jesus died, he died to sin once for all time, so that having defeated the coregent powers of sin and death forever, the