Colossians 2:12

The Passion Translation

For we’ve been buried with him into his death. Our “baptism into death” also means we were raised with him when we believed in God’s resurrection power, the power that raised him from death’s realm.

Cross References

Luke 17:5

Upon hearing this, the apostles said to Jesus, “Lord, you must increase our measure of faith!”

Acts 14:27

When they arrived in Antioch, they gathered the church together and shared with them all of the wonderful works God had done through them and how God had opened the door of faith for the non-Jews to enter in.

Acts 2:24

God destroyed the cords of death and raised him up, because it was impossible for death’s power to hold him prisoner.

Acts 2:32

“Can’t you see it? God has resurrected Jesus, and we all have seen him!

Romans 4:24

but also over us. For when we believe and embrace the one who brought our Lord Jesus back to life, perfect righteousness will be credited to our account as well.

Romans 7:4

So, my dear brothers and sisters, the same principle applies to your relationship with God. For you died to your first husband, the law, by being co-crucified with the body of the Messiah. So you are now free to “marry” another—the one who was raised from the dead so that you may now bear spiritual fruit for God.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit we all were immersed and mingled into one single body. And no matter our status—whether we are Jews or non-Jews, oppressed or free—we are all privileged to drink deeply of the same Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But the truth is, Christ is risen from the dead, as the firstfruit of a great resurrection harvest of those who have died.

Galatians 3:27

Faith immersed you into Christ, and now you are covered and clothed with his life.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved by faith. Nothing you did could ever earn this salvation, for it was the love gift from God that brought us to Christ!

Ephesians 3:17

Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life.

Ephesians 3:7

I have been made a messenger of this wonderful news by the gift of grace that works through me. Even though I am the least significant of all his holy believers, this grace-gift was imparted when the manifestation of his power came upon me. Grace alone empowers me so that I can boldly preach this wonderful message to non-Jewish people, sharing with them the unfading, inexhaustible riches of Christ, which are beyond comprehension.

Ephesians 4:5

For the Lord God is one, and so are we, for we share in one faith, one baptism, and one Father.

Ephesians 5:14

This is why the Scripture says, “Arise, you sleeper! Rise up from your coffin and the Anointed One will shine his light into you!”

Philippians 1:29

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

Colossians 2:13

This “realm of death” describes our former state, for we were held in sin’s grasp. But now, we’ve been resurrected out of that “realm of death” never to return, for we are forever alive and forgiven of all our sins!

Hebrews 12:2

We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectation onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

Hebrews 6:2

teaching about different baptisms, impartation by the laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

1 Peter 3:21

This was a prophetic picture of the immersion that now saves you—not a bathing of the physical body but rather the response of a good conscience before God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,