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Orἢdo you not knowἀγνοεῖτεthatὅτιall of us whoὅσοιwere immersedἐβαπτίσθημενintoεἰςthe MessiahΧριστὸνJesusἸησοῦνwere immersedἐβαπτίσθημενintoεἰςhis death?τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ
Romans 6:3
Study it in the app“Or do you not know that all of us who were immersed into the Messiah Jesus were immersed into his death?”
United with his death, our old way of living is left behindThe Cross
With the Greek beneath
Romans 6:3, word by word
- do you not knowἀγνοεῖτεagnoeite
not know
To lack knowledge, or act in the dark.
Where else “agnoeite” appears- were immersedἐβαπτίσθημενebaptisthēmen
immerse
To put someone into water; "baptize" comes from it.
Where else “ebaptisthēmen” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸνChriston
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christon” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- his deathθάνατονthanaton
death
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanaton” appears
Translation note
“Immersed into”: brought, by the immersion, into union with him and with his death.
The context
2By no means! We who died to sin, how will we still live in it?
3 · This verse (above)
4So we were buried with him through the immersion into death, so that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
To study Romans 6 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say is the pay of sin and the gift of God? (v. 23)
2. What it means
Paul asks whether we should continue in sin so that grace may increase, and answers no (vv. 1-2). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to offer ourselves to God (v. 13). What concrete step could you take this week to live by what you value?