Romans 6:3

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

Cross-reference

Romans 6:4 Parallel

In Romans 6:4, Paul expands on v3: baptism buries us with Christ, leading to resurrection life—a direct continuation.

Romans 6:5 Parallel

In Romans 6:5, Paul draws the conclusion: union with Christ's death guarantees union with His resurrection—building on v3.

Romans 6:8 Parallel

In Romans 6:8, Paul reiterates the death and life pattern from v3, emphasizing faith in future resurrection.

Romans 6:16 Parallel

In Romans 6:16, Paul expands on 'Do you not know' to argue presenting yourselves as slaves to obedience, not sin.

Romans 7:1 Parallel

In Romans 7:1, Paul uses death to free from law — analogizing baptism into Christ's death breaking sin's claim.

In Galatians 3:27, being baptized into Christ means putting on Christ—a complementary image to Paul's union with Christ's death.

In Galatians 2:20, Paul's testimony of being crucified with Christ mirrors the baptismal union with Christ's death in Romans 6:3.

Colossians 2:12 explicitly describes burial with Christ in baptism and resurrection through faith, directly parallel to Romans 6:3.

Philippians 3:10 speaks of being conformed to Christ's death, the same identification with His death that baptism signifies.

In 1 Peter 3:21, baptism saves through resurrection—expanding Paul's point that baptism unites us to Christ's death and new life.

In 1 Corinthians 12:13, baptism by the Spirit unites into one body—a different facet of the same baptism that joins us to Christ's death.

In 1 Corinthians 6:15, Paul uses the same rhetorical question to teach that our bodies are members of Christ—thematically parallel to union with Christ in baptism.

Acts 22:16 Related theme

Acts 22:16 connects baptism to washing away sins and calling on Christ's name, the same baptism into His death.

Acts 19:5 Related theme

Acts 19:5 shows believers baptized in Jesus' name, a direct example of the baptism into Christ Paul describes.

Acts 2:38 Related theme

Acts 2:38 links baptism to repentance and forgiveness, the prerequisite for being baptized into Christ's death.

Matthew 28:19 Historical context

In Matthew 28:19, Jesus commands baptism in the triune name—the practice Paul interprets as union with Christ's death.

Ephesians 4:5 Related theme

Ephesians 4:5 declares one baptism as part of Christian unity, consistent with Paul's teaching on baptism into Christ.