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

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We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(A) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(B) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(C)

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17 So if anyone is in Christ, there[a] is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being![b](A)

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  1. 5.17 Or that person
  2. 5.17 Other ancient authorities read everything has become new

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(A) the new creation(B) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(C)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.

10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.(A)

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10 and have put on the new self,(A) which is being renewed(B) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(C)

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22 to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,(A) 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.(B)

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22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off(A) your old self,(B) which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;(C) 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;(D) 24 and to put on(E) the new self,(F) created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.(G)

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But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are enslaved in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the written code.(A)

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But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(A) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(B)

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21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for[a] a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(A)

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  1. 3.21 Or a pledge to God from

21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you(A) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience(B) toward God.[a] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(C)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:21 Or but an appeal to God for a clear conscience

We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.(A)

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For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,(A) he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.(B)

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For he was crucified in weakness but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him,[a] but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.(A)

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  1. 13.4 Other ancient authorities read with him

For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness,(A) yet he lives by God’s power.(B) Likewise, we are weak(C) in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him(D) in our dealing with you.

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Do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?(A)

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Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized(A) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

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Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature.(A) For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge,(B) and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(C) For anyone who lacks these things is blind, suffering from eye disease, forgetful of the cleansing of past sins.(D)

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Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,(A) so that through them you may participate in the divine nature,(B) having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.(C)

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;(D) and to knowledge, self-control;(E) and to self-control, perseverance;(F) and to perseverance, godliness;(G) and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.(H) For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive(I) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(J) But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,(K) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.(L)

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whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.(A)

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Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(A)

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13 let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.(A) 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.(B)

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13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness,(A) not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.(B) 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,(C) and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 13:14 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

The New Life in Christ

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(A) Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.(B)

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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(B) Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.(C) For you died,(D) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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