Romans 6:5

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

In Context

4Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

6For we know that our old self has been crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.

Read all of Romans 6

Cross References

Matthew 15:13Jesus answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

John 15:1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

2 Corinthians 4:10always carrying about in our bodies the death of the Lord Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our bodies.

Philippians 3:10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Colossians 3:1If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Matthew Henry on Romans 6:2-23

On Sanctification. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Romans 6:5