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Romans 6:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?


Romans 6:3Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 6:313 words
GreekMeaning
ē
OrwordG2228
ἀγνοεῖτεagnoeite
are you unawareverbG50
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ὅσοιhosoi
as many asrelative pronounG3745
ἐβαπτίσθημενebaptisthēmen
were baptizedverbG907
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
ΧριστὸνChriston
ChristnounG5547
ἸησοῦνIēsoun
JesusnounG2424
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
θάνατονthanaton
deathnounG2288
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
ἐβαπτίσθημενebaptisthēmen
were baptized?verbG907
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 6:3

“Do you not know,” he says, “my brethren, that so many of us as were baptized into Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death.” What does being “baptized into His Death” mean? That it is with a view to our dying as He did. For Baptism is the Cross. What the Cross then, and Burial, is to Christ, that Baptism has been to us, even if not in the same respects. For He died Himself and was buried in the Flesh, but we have done both…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 10 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Paul asks: 'Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?' Baptism isn't a symbol only. It's a participation. You're dying with Christ. I was bapt...
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