Romans 6:4

Romans 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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 live a new life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Context of Romans 6:4

2Far from it! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life. 5For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

Romans 6:4 word by word

συνετάφημεν οὖν αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος εἰς τὸν θάνατον, ἵνα ὥσπερ ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν διὰ τῆς δόξης τοῦ πατρός, οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐν καινότητι ζωῆς περιπατήσωμεν.Read the interlinear

• Thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• buriedσυνθάπτωsunthaptō · be buried withG4916
• with Him throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• baptismβάπτισμαbaptisma · baptismG908
• into deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• justὥσπερhōsper · just asG5618
• as ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• raisedἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• from the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• of the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• we tooκαίkai · andG2532
• may walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• newnessκαινότηςkainotēs · newnessG2538
• of lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222

Cross-references for Romans 6:4

• Romans 6:3Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?
• Colossians 2:12having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
• Colossians 3:1Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
• 1 Peter 3:21Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• Romans 6:9knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
• Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
• 1 Corinthians 6:14Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we too are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.
• Ephesians 1:19and what is the boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might
• Ephesians 2:5even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
• Matthew 28:2And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.
• John 2:11This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
• John 11:40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
• Colossians 1:11strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all perseverance and patience; joyously
• Romans 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
• Romans 7:6But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

Commentaries on Romans 6:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4We are buried with him by baptism into death - It is probable that the apostle here alludes to the mode of administering baptism by immersion, the whole body being put under the water, which seemed to say, the man is drowned, is dead; and, when he came up out of the water, he seemed to have a resurrection to life; the man is risen again; he is alive! He was, therefore, supposed to throw off his old Gentile state as he threw off his clothes, and to assume…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Therefore we are buried … - It is altogether probable that the apostle in this place had allusion to the custom of baptizing by immersion. This cannot, indeed, be proved, so as to be liable to no objection; but I presume that this is the idea which would strike the great mass of unprejudiced readers. But while this is admitted, it is also certain that his main scope and intention was not to describe the mode of baptism; nor to affirm that that mode was to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-10Verses 3-10 Baptism teaches the necessity of dying to sin, and being as it were buried from all ungodly and unholy pursuits, and of rising to walk with God in newness of life. Unholy professors may have had the outward sign of a death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness, but they never passed from the family of Satan to that of God. The corrupt nature, called the old man, because derived from our first father Adam, is crucified with Christ, in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4We were therefore buried with Christ: The Christian's power over sin and ability to lead a new life come from union with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection (see 6:5, 8). From God's perspective, because Jesus died to sin, Christians have as well (see 6:10). The resurrection of Jesus means we also start a new life, and in the future, our bodies will also be raised.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Therefore we are--rather, "were" (it being a past act, completed at once). buried with him, by baptism into death--(The comma we have placed after "him" will show what the sense is. It is not, "By baptism we are buried with Him into death," which makes no sense at all; but, "By baptism with Him into death we are buried with Him"; in other words, "By the same baptism which publicly enters us into His death, we are made partakers of His burial also"). To…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 6:4

• Baptism
• Burial
• Death
• Glory
• Holiness
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Regeneration
• Resurrection
• Righteous
• Walking

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Destroy
• Eternal life
• Faith
• Fruit
• Justification
• Life
• Newness
• Obey

Commentaries on Romans 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings