¹⁶ “For God so ^(A)loved the world, that He ^(B)gave His ^(C)only Son, so that everyone who ^(D)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.

³ Or do you not know that all of us who have been ^(A)baptized into ^(B)Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? ⁴ Therefore we have been ^(C)buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was ^(D)raised from the dead through the ^(E)glory of the Father, so we too may walk in ^(F)newness of life. ⁵ For ^(G)if we have become ^[a]united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be ^[b]in the likeness of His resurrection, ⁶ knowing this, that our ^(H)old ^[c]self was ^(I)crucified with Him, in order that our ^(J)body of sin might be ^[d]done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; ⁷ for ^(K)the one who has died is ^[e]freed from sin.

²⁰ I have been ^(A)crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but ^(B)Christ lives in me; and ^[a]the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in ^(C)the Son of God, who ^(D)loved me and ^(E)gave Himself up for me.

²² yet He has now ^(A)reconciled you in His ^(B)body of flesh through death, in order to ^(C)present you before Him ^(D)holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

¹² having been ^(A)buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also ^(B)raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who ^(C)raised Him from the dead. ¹³ And ^[a]when you were ^(D)dead ^[b]in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He ^(E)made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, ¹⁴ having canceled ^(F)the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and ^(G)He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Put On the New Self

3 Therefore, if you have been ^(A)raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, ^(B)seated at the right hand of God. ^2 [a](C)Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth. ³ For you have ^(D)died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, ^(E)who is our life, is revealed, ^(F)then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

^3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who ^(B)according to His great mercy ^(C)has caused us to be born again to ^(D)a living hope through the ^(E)resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

²⁴ and He Himself ^[a](A)brought our sins in His body up on the ^[b](B)cross, so that we ^(C)might die to ^[c]sin and live for righteousness; ^(D)by His ^[d]wounds you were ^(E)healed.

^7 (A)In ^[a]Him we have ^(B)redemption ^(C)through His blood, the ^(D)forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to ^(E)the riches of His grace