The Christian bible was written almost 2000 yrs ago. So the thought process of then may not be exactly the way we process thoughts today. An example being Romans 8:36As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”....what an odd way to say it, well maybe in our day but not in there's. To understand this strange speech lets go back a bit to verse 23And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.,,And verse 29For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son...Not hard to understand really if we put it into today's thought process. If I would translate what that dieing is I would say this: When you are given a new heart that has a new outlook in life you have to strip away the thought processes of your old selfish way of living. Look at it this way; you have a NewHeart :) and it is covered in layers of spider webs covering it. Roll out those layers slowly and daily so others can see your new heart. Slowly because if you rip it out all at once it will hurt more than a Brazilian wax job.