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Easter Season · Easter Vigil · Year C

Romans 6:3-11

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

April 16, 2028

Christ Triumphing over Death and Sin, Peter Paul Rubens
Christ Triumphing over Death and Sin, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615-1622Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
The risen Christ standing on a skull and a serpent with the sword upright in his hand and the globe behind him.We have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead, we too might walk in newness of life.Peter Paul RubensRubens, who made the victory an upright figure rather than a battle.Palais Rohan, StrasbourgThe Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Rohan, Strasbourg.Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 24:1-12Lk 24:1-12
EpistleRom. 6:3-11Rom 6:3-11
PsalterPs. 114Ps 114 orPs. 136:1-9, 23-26Ps 136:1-9, 23-26

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

Exegesis for the Vigil connecting Paul's baptismal language to the night's own liturgy of water and new fire.

Romans 6Rom 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on union with Christ in death and resurrection.

Romans 6:3Rom 6:3 BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries verse by verse from the opening of the baptism argument.

Romans CommentariesRom Commentaries Precept Austin

An index of inductive-study notes and outside links for working through Romans 6.

Romans 6Rom 6 StudyLight

A close reading of Paul's Greek phrasing on being buried and raised with Christ.

Background & Word Study

Romans 6:3 InterlinearRom 6:3 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text and parsing for the baptism-into-death language, word by word.

Romans 5-16Rom 5-16 BibleProject

An animated overview of the second half of Romans, placing chapter 6 within Paul's argument.

The Church Fathers

Romans 6 CatenaRom 6 Catena Catena

Patristic comments on dying and rising with Christ in baptism, verse by verse.

Worship & Prayers

The Great Vigil of Easter, Year C The Lectionary Page

Full liturgical texts and the appointed collect for the service this epistle belongs to.

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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