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having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
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having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
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For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
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If it's an initiation ritual you're after, you've already been through it by submitting to baptism. Going under the water was a burial of your old life; coming up out of it was a resurrection, God raising you from the dead as he did Christ.
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Having been buried with Him in baptism, you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Colossians 2:12 In-Context
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and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
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In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ,
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having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
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When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
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having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.