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Direct Answer According to the transcript, the “Law dies” analogy stresses an objective change in the covenant era with Christ’s coming, while “believers die to the Law” highlights what happens personally in conversion and baptism. Together they mean Christians are free from Mosaic authority both because the Law’s era ended and because baptism marks a death that releases us to “belong to another,” Christ.

Support from Transcript:

• The expected conclusion would be “the law has become dead to you,” but Paul instead says, “You also have become dead to the law,” showing the blend.
• Chrysostom is quoted: Paul’s conclusion “does not tally with the premise,” indicating two pictures are being combined.
• The lesson summarizes two freedoms: “First, the law itself has died… Second, even if the law were still alive, they died to it in their conversion and baptism.”
• Baptism is directly linked: “When a Christian rises again from baptism, he is free to marry another Christ Jesus.”
• This freedom is not only for Jews: it also means “the Gentiles do not have to come under the law… for their initial salvation or their final salvation.”