For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
Parallel translations
- WEB For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;
- KJV For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
- NKJV For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,
- NASB For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,
- NLT Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.
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Quick answer
If we are joined to Christ in a death like His, we will certainly share in His resurrection. Union with Christ guarantees both present new life and future bodily resurrection.
Overview
Paul presses the logic of union: those grafted into Christ's death are inseparably linked to His resurrection. This assures believers of final resurrection while also grounding present moral renewal. The certainty rests not on our effort but on our being 'united with him.'
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Phil 3:10–11I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
- Col 2:12And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
- 2 Cor 4:10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- Rom 6:8–12Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
- Col 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Eph 2:5–6made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- John 15:1–8“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
- Isa 5:2He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
- Matt 15:13But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
- Ps 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- Jer 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
- John 12:24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
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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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