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Romans 6:4
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul to the Roman church, mid-argument against the claim that grace licenses sin. He is building a syllogism (vv. 3–5): if united in death, then united in resurrection.
The words — συνετάφημεν (sunetaphēmen), "we were buried together," carries the prefix συν- (sun-, "with"), making the union with Christ the grammatical subject of the burial rather than an optional add-on.
The thread — The "newness of life" (καινότητος ζωῆς) echoes 2 Corinthians 5:17 ("new creation"), Colossians 3:10 ("new self"), and Ephesians 4:22 ("put off your old self").
Why it lands — The verse states a completed action ("we were buried"), not a suggestion; it asks the reader to stop negotiating with a death that has already happened.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Ephesians 4:22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Romans 7:6 But 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 Peter 3:21 And 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,
- Romans 6:9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4 For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.
- Romans 6:3 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
- Romans 13:13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- 2 Peter 1:4 Through 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.