² By no means! We are those who have died to sin;^(A) how can we live in it any longer? ³ Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized^(B) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death^(C) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead^(D) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.^(E)

⁵ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.^{(F) 6} For we know that our old self^(G) was crucified with him^(H) so that the body ruled by sin^(I) might be done away with,^[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin^(J)— ⁷ because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.^(K)

⁸ Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.^{(L) 9} For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,^(M) he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.^(N)

¹¹ In him you were also circumcised^(A) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh^[a](B) was put off when you were circumcised by^[b] Christ, ¹² having been buried with him in baptism,^(C) in which you were also raised with him^(D) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.^(E)

¹³ When you were dead in your sins^(F) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you^[c] alive^(G) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,^(H)

⁴ But because of his great love for us,^(A) God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵ made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions^(B)—it is by grace you have been saved.^{(C) 6} And God raised us up with Christ^(D) and seated us with him^(E) in the heavenly realms^(F) in Christ Jesus, ⁷ in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,^(G) expressed in his kindness^(H) to us in Christ Jesus.