Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? — Baptism is entry into Christ's death, understood not as mere symbol but as mystical participation (eis Christos, "into Christ"); the Greek eis conveys both direction and identity. Paul assumes the Roman readers understand the baptismal tradition: immersion into death, burial in the eschatological waters. This sacramental union is the foundation of all Christian ethics.

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