Romans 6:11 : "Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus." A person is either dead to sin or he is not. If he is dead to sin, he is admonished to so consider himself. If we have not died to sin, we cannot in truth reckon ourselves dead to sin but the person who is dead to sin should so count himself, and act accordingly. We are also to reckon ourselves alive to God in Christ. We are, therefore, to reckon ourselves as both dead and alive--dead to sin and alive to God. Hence, we cannot continue in sin.