Romans 6:4

Easy To Read Version

So when we were baptized, we were buried with Christ and shared his death. We were buried with Christ so that we could \{be raised up and\} live a new life. This happened the same as Christ was raised from death by the wonderful power of the Father.

Cross References

John 11:40

Then Jesus said to Martha, “Remember what I told you? I said that if you believed, then you would see the glory of God.”

John 2:11

This was the first miracle {\cf2\super [36]} that Jesus did. Jesus did this miracle in the town of Cana in Galilee. So Jesus showed his greatness. And his followers believed in him.

Acts 2:24

Jesus suffered the pain of death, but God made him free. God raised Jesus from death. Death could not hold Jesus.

Acts 2:32

So Jesus is the One God raised from death, \{not David\}! We are all witnesses of this. We saw him!

Romans 6:19

I explain this by using an example that people know. I explain it this way because it is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil. You lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.

Romans 6:3

Did you forget that all of us became part of Christ Jesus when we were baptized {\cf2\super [49]} ? We shared his death in our baptism. {\cf2\super [50]}

Romans 6:8

If we died with Christ, we know that we will also live with him.

Romans 6:9

Christ was raised from death. And we know that he cannot die again. Death has no power over him now.

Romans 7:6

In the past, the law held us like prisoners. But our old selves died and we were made free from the law. So now we serve God in a new way, not in the old way with the written rules. Now we serve God in the new way with the Spirit. {\cf2\super [53]}

Romans 8:11

God raised Jesus from death. And if God’s Spirit is living in you, then he will also give life to your bodies that die. God is the One who raised Christ from death. And he will give life to your bodies through his Spirit that lives in you.

1 Corinthians 6:14

And God will raise our bodies from death with the same power he used to raise the Lord Jesus. God will also raise us from death.

2 Corinthians 13:4

It is true that Christ was weak when he was killed on the cross. But he lives now by God’s power. And it is true that we are weak in Christ. But for you we will be alive in Christ by God’s power.

2 Corinthians 5:17

We have small troubles for a while now, but those troubles are helping us gain an eternal glory. That eternal glory is much greater than the troubles.

Ephesians 4:17

For the Lord I tell you this. I warn you: Don’t continue living like those people who don’t believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing.

Ephesians 5:8

In the past you were \{full of\} darkness (sin), but now you are \{full of\} light (goodness) in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light.

Colossians 3:10

You have begun to live the new life. In your new life you are being made new. You are becoming like the One who made you. This new life brings you the true knowledge of God.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, give the things that are good and fair to your servants. Remember that you have a Master in heaven.

1 Peter 3:21

That water is like baptism {\cf2\super [26]} that now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. Baptism is asking God for a pure heart. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

1 John 2:6

If a person says that he lives in God, then he must live like Jesus lived.