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We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:4 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
  • KJV Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  • NKJV Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  • NASB Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life.
  • NLT For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

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Quick answer

In baptism we are buried with Christ so that, as He was raised, we too might live a new kind of life. The same power that raised Jesus now governs the believer's conduct.

Overview

The imagery of burial underscores the decisive end of the old life of sin. Christ's resurrection 'through the glory of the Father' becomes the pattern and source of the believer's transformed walk. Thus the gospel does not merely forgive; it raises us to 'newness of life' in present, daily obedience.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 31

  • 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  • Col 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
  • Eph 4:22–24to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
  • Rom 7:6But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  • 1 Pet 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • Rom 6:9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
  • 2 Cor 13:4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
  • Rom 6:3Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
  • Rom 13:13–14Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
  • 2 Pet 1:4–9Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
  • 1 Jn 2:6Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
  • Col 2:11–13In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
  • Col 3:1–3Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
  • Rom 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
  • Gal 6:15–16For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
  • 1 Cor 6:14By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
  • Phil 3:17–18Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
  • Eph 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
  • 1 Pet 4:1–2Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
  • Rom 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
  • John 11:40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
  • Rom 12:1–2Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
  • Eph 1:19–20and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
  • Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
  • Col 1:9–12For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • Eph 2:5–6made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
  • Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
  • John 2:19–20Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
  • Col 4:1Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
  • John 2:11Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
  • Matt 28:2–3Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

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Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

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