Romans 6:5

The Passion Translation

For since we are permanently grafted into him to experience a death like his, then we are permanently grafted into him to experience a resurrection like his and the new life that it imparts.

Cross References

Psalm 92:13

You’ve transplanted them into your heavenly courtyard, where they are thriving before you,

Isaiah 5:2

First he dug up its ground and hauled away its stones so he could plant within it the choicest of vines. He built a watchtower in the middle of it and carved a winepress out of its rock. He fully expected it to bear good grapes, but instead it produced only worthless wild grapes.

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you like a special vine from the absolute best seed, but look at what you’ve become now! You’re like a twisted, rotten vine.

Matthew 15:13

Jesus replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant is destined to be uprooted.

John 12:24

Let me make this clear: A single grain of wheat will never be more than a single grain of wheat unless it drops into the ground and dies. Because then it sprouts and produces a great harvest of wheat—all because one grain died.

2 Corinthians 4:10

We continually share in the death of Jesus in our own bodies so that the resurrection life of Jesus will be revealed through our humanity.

Colossians 2:12

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.

Colossians 3:1

Christ’s resurrection is your resurrection too. This is why we are to yearn for all that is above, for that’s where Christ sits enthroned at the place of all power, honor, and authority!