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Holy Week · Easter Vigil Fourth Reading · Year B

Romans 6:3-11

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

The Anastasis (Harrowing of Hell), Byzantine master, Chora Church
The Anastasis (Harrowing of Hell), Byzantine master, Chora Church, c. 1315-1321Chora Church (Kariye), Istanbul
Christ in white standing on the broken gates of hell with the locks and nails scattered underneath, hauling Adam and Eve up out of their graves by the wrist.Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.Byzantine master, Chora ChurchThe painter of the Chora, working for a Byzantine statesman in the last century of the empire.Chora Church (Kariye), IstanbulThe Chora Church (Kariye), Istanbul.Chora Church (Kariye), Istanbul

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“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death... so we too might walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4)

See Romans 6:1–7 for an outline of Romans 6:1–14.

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What does it mean to be dead to sin?

United with Christ in his death and resurrection through baptism, believers are freed from sin's dominion and called to consider themselves alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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