Study it in the app“So 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.”
United with his death, our old way of living is left behindThe CrossBuried with him, to walk in newness of lifePurpose
Soοὖνwe were buried withσυνετάφημενhimαὐτῷthroughδιὰthe immersionτοῦ βαπτίσματοςintoεἰςdeath,τὸν θάνατονso that,ἵναjust asὥσπερthe MessiahΧριστὸςwas raisedἠγέρθηfromἐκthe deadνεκρῶνthroughδιὰthe gloryτῆς δόξηςof the Father,τοῦ πατρόςsoοὕτωςweἡμεῖςtooκαὶmight walkπεριπατήσωμενinἐνnewnessκαινότητιof life.ζωῆς
be buried with
Be buried together with another.
Where else “synetaphēmen” appearsimmersion
Putting someone into water as a sign; what is called baptism.
Where else “baptismatos” appearsdeath
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanaton” appearsjust as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appearsraise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “ēgerthē” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appearsglory
The greatness and splendor of God.
Where else “doxēs” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appearswalk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatēsōmen” appearsnewness
Newness: what is new and different.
Where else “kainotēti” appearseternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appears3Or do you not know that all of us who were immersed into the Messiah Jesus were immersed into his death?
4 · This verse (above)
5For if we have become united with the likeness of his death, certainly we will be united also with the likeness of his resurrection,
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?
