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Trinity/After Pentecost · The Sixth Sunday after Trinity

Romans 6:(1-2) 3-11

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

July 12, 2026

The Baptism of Christ, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
The Baptism of Christ, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Murillo's soft Sevillian light on the Jordan, the dove descending and the water poured from a shell.Paul says we were buried with him by baptism into death; the painting shows the moment the whole argument rests on.Bartolomé Esteban MurilloSeville's leading painter (1617-1682), known for a warm, soft handling that made his religious pictures the most copied in Spain for two centuries.Gemäldegalerie, BerlinBerlin's old-master gallery, with one of the great collections of European painting before 1800, rebuilt after the division and reunification of the city.Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Historic One-Year Lectionary
GospelMt. 5:(17-19) 20-26Mt 5:(17-19) 20-26
EpistleRom. 6:(1-2) 3-11Rom 6:(1-2) 3-11
Old TestamentExod. 20:1-17Ex 20:1-17
PsalterPs. 19Ps 19

Overview & Insights

“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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Commentary

Commentary on Romans 6:3-11Commentary on Rom 6:3-11 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis of baptism into Christ's death and resurrection, appointed as the epistle for the Easter Vigil.

Enduring Word Bible Commentary Romans Chapter 6Enduring Word Bible Commentary Rom Chapter 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on dying and rising with Christ.

Romans 6:1-3 CommentaryRom 6:1-3 Commentary Precept Austin

A detailed verse study with Greek notes and cross references on being baptized into Christ's death.

Romans 6:3 CommentariesRom 6:3 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on baptism into Christ's death in one place.

Romans 6, Expository NotesRom 6, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on union with Christ and newness of life.

Background & Word Study

Overview: Romans (Chapters 1-4)Overview: Rom (Chapters 1-4) BibleProject

An animated walk through the opening argument of Romans that sets up the gift of grace and life in chapter 6.

Romans 6:3 Greek InterlinearRom 6:3 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word with parsing for baptism into Christ and death to sin.

The Church Fathers

Commentary on Romans 6 from the Church FathersCommentary on Rom 6 from the Church Fathers Catena

Patristic comment gathered verse by verse on dying and rising with Christ in baptism.

Questions preachers ask

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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