Colossians 2:12

God's Word

This happened when you were placed in the tomb with Christ through baptism. In baptism you were also brought back to life with Christ through faith in the power of God, who brought him back to life.

Cross References

Luke 17:5

Then the apostles said to the Lord, “Give us more faith.”

Acts 14:27

When they arrived, they called the members of the church together. They reported everything God had done through them, especially that he had given people who were not Jewish the opportunity to believe.

Acts 2:24

But God brought him from death back to life and destroyed the pains of death, because death had no power to hold him.

Acts 2:32

“God brought this man Jesus back to life. We are all witnesses to that.

Romans 4:24

but also for us. Our faith will be regarded as the basis of our approval by God—each of us who believe in the one who brought Jesus, our Lord, back to life.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, brothers and sisters, you have died to the laws in Moses’ Teachings through Christ’s body. You belong to someone else, the one who was brought back to life. As a result, we can do what God wants.

1 Corinthians 12:13

By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether we are Jewish or Greek, slave or free, God gave all of us one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now Christ has come back from the dead. He is the very first person of those who have died to come back to life.

Galatians 3:27

Clearly, all of you who were baptized in Christ’s name have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Ephesians 2:8

God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.

Ephesians 3:17

Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation.

Ephesians 3:7

I became a servant of this Good News through God’s kindness freely given to me when his power worked ⌞in me⌟.

Ephesians 4:5

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Ephesians 5:14

because light makes everything easy to see. That’s why it says: “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Philippians 1:29

God has given you the privilege not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him.

Colossians 1:29

I work hard and struggle to do this while his mighty power works in me.

Colossians 2:13

You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures.

Hebrews 12:2

We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

Hebrews 6:2

We shouldn’t repeat the basic teachings about such things as baptisms, setting people apart for holy tasks, dead people coming back to life, and eternal judgment.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which is like that water, now saves you. Baptism doesn’t save by removing dirt from the body. Rather, baptism is a request to God for a clear conscience. It saves you through Jesus Christ, who came back from death to life.