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# Therefore, my brothers
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This relates back to [Romans 7:1](../07/01.md).
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# brothers
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Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
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# you were also made dead to the law through the body of Christ
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You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "you also died to the law when through Christ you died on the cross" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# to him who was raised from the dead
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"Raised" here is an idiom for "caused to live again." This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "to him who was caused to live again" or "to him whom God raised from the dead" or "to him whom God caused to live again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# we might produce fruit for God
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Here "fruit" is a metaphor for actions that please God. Alternate translation: "we might be able to do things pleasing to God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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