3 Did you forget that all of us became part of Christ when we were baptized? We shared his death in our baptism.

4 So when we were baptized, we were buried with Christ and shared his death. We were buried with him so that we could live a new life, just as Christ was raised from death by the wonderful power of the Father.

5 Christ died, and we have been joined with Christ by dying too. So we will also be joined with him by rising from death as he did.