Colossians 2:12

Colossians 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
• New International Version (NIV)having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.

Context of Colossians 2:12

10and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. 11In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Colossians 2:12 word by word

συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτισμῷ ἐν ᾧ καὶ συνηγέρθητε διὰ τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Buriedσυνθάπτωsunthaptō · be buried withG4916
• with himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• baptismὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• baptismβάπτισμαbaptisma · baptismG908
• whereinὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• ye are risen withσυνεγείρωsunegeirō · to raise up withG4891
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• of the operationἐνέργειαenergeia · active energyG1753
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• who hath raisedἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498

Cross-references for Colossians 2:12

• Romans 6:4Therefore 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.
• Romans 6:3Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
• 1 Corinthians 12:13For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
• Galatians 3:27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• Ephesians 4:5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
• Hebrews 6:2of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
• 1 Peter 3:21There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• Colossians 3:1If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
• Romans 6:8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
• Romans 7:4Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• Ephesians 1:20which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
• Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
• Ephesians 5:14Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”
• 1 Peter 4:1Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
• Luke 17:5And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

Commentaries on Colossians 2:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Buried with him in baptism - Alluding to the immersions practised in the case of adults, wherein the person appeared to be buried under the Water, as Christ was buried in the heart of the earth. His rising again the third any, and their emerging from the water, was an emblem of the resurrection of the body; and, in them, of a total change of life. The faith of the operation of God - They were quickened, changed, and saved, by means of faith in Christ…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Buried with him in baptism - See the notes at Romans 6:4. Wherein also - In which ordinance, or by virtue of that which is signified by the ordinance. Ye are risen with him - From the death of sin to the life of religion; Notes, Romans 6:4-5; compare the notes at Ephesians 2:5-6. Through the faith of the operation of God - By a firm belief on the agency of God in raising him up; that is, a belief of the fact that God has raised him from the dead. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 There is a philosophy which rightly exercises our reasonable faculties; a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God, and confirms our faith in him. But there is a philosophy which is vain and deceitful; and while it pleases men's fancies, hinders their faith: such are curious speculations about things above us, or no concern to us. Those who walk in the way of the world, are turned from following Christ. We have in Him…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Having been buried with Him in baptism: In a similar passage (Romans 6:3–6), Paul emphasizes the strong identity between believers and Christ. In God's view, we were truly with Him during his burial and resurrection. So we gain the benefits of his actions for us. Paul can connect this identification with Christ to baptism. This is because, in the early church, water baptism was closely related to conversion.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Translate, "Having been buried with Him in your baptism." The past participle is here coincident in time with the preceding verb, "ye were (Greek) circumcised." Baptism is regarded as the burial of the old carnal life, to which the act of immersion symbolically corresponds; and in warm climates where immersion is safe, it is the mode most accordant with the significance of the ordinance; but the spirit of the ordinance is kept by affusion, where…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Colossians 2

• 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
• 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