Colossians 2:12 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此与他一同复活，都因信那叫他从死里复活　神的功用。

2:12 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此与他一同复活，都因信那叫他从死里复活　神的功用。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此礼上，因信那使他从死人中复活的上帝的作为跟他一同复活。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此礼上，因信那使他从死人中复活的　神的作为跟他一同复活。
当代译本 - 你们接受洗礼时已经与基督一同埋葬了，并借着相信上帝使基督从死里复活的大能，与基督一同复活了。
圣经新译本 - 你们在洗礼中已经与他一同埋葬，也在洗礼中，因信那使基督从死人中复活的　神所运行的动力，与他一同复活了。
中文标准译本 - 你们既然在洗礼中与基督一同被埋葬，也就在洗礼中与基督一同复活了，这是藉着相信使基督从死人中复活之神的作为。
现代标点和合本 - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此与他一同复活，都因信那叫他从死里复活神的功用。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此与他一同复活，都因信那叫他从死里复活上帝的功用。
New International Version - having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
New International Reader's Version - When you were baptized, you were buried together with Christ. And you were raised to life together with him when you were baptized. You were raised to life by believing in God’s work. God himself raised Jesus from the dead.
English Standard Version - having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
New Living Translation - For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
Christian Standard Bible - when you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
New American Standard Bible - having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
New King James Version - buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Amplified Bible - having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God, [as displayed] when He raised Christ from the dead.
American Standard Version - having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
King James Version - Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
New English Translation - Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
World English Bible - having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
新標點和合本 - 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此與他一同復活，都因信那叫他從死裏復活神的功用。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此禮上，因信那使他從死人中復活的上帝的作為跟他一同復活。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此禮上，因信那使他從死人中復活的　神的作為跟他一同復活。
當代譯本 - 你們接受洗禮時已經與基督一同埋葬了，並藉著相信上帝使基督從死裡復活的大能，與基督一同復活了。
聖經新譯本 - 你們在洗禮中已經與他一同埋葬，也在洗禮中，因信那使基督從死人中復活的　神所運行的動力，與他一同復活了。
呂振中譯本 - 在洗禮之中和他一同埋葬，也在洗禮之中憑着信心和他一同活起來：信上帝之運用動力、叫基督從死人中活起來的。
中文標準譯本 - 你們既然在洗禮中與基督一同被埋葬，也就在洗禮中與基督一同復活了，這是藉著相信使基督從死人中復活之神的作為。
現代標點和合本 - 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此與他一同復活，都因信那叫他從死裡復活神的功用。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋以洗禮與之同葬、亦與之同起、由乎信上帝之功用、即自死而起之者也、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾亦受洗、與基督同穴、上帝甦基督、爾藉其力、亦與之共甦、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾曹受洗禮、即與基督同葬、因信天主使基督由死復活之大能、則與基督同生、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋爾等受洗時、實已與之同葬、且因信賴復活基督者天主之神力、而與之同復活矣。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Ustedes la recibieron al ser sepultados con él en el bautismo. En él también fueron resucitados mediante la fe en el poder de Dios, quien lo resucitó de entre los muertos.
현대인의 성경 - 여러분은 세례를 받음으로 그리스도와 함께 땅에 묻혔고 또한 그리스도를 죽은 사람 가운데서 다시 살리신 하나님의 능력을 믿음으로 그분과 함께 다시 살아나게 된 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вы были погребены вместе с Ним в крещении и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Божью, поднявшую Христа из мертвых.
Восточный перевод - Вы были погребены вместе с Масихом, поверив в Него и пройдя обряд погружения в воду , и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Всевышнего, поднявшую Масиха из мёртвых.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вы были погребены вместе с аль-Масихом, поверив в Него и пройдя обряд погружения в воду , и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Аллаха, поднявшую аль-Масиха из мёртвых.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вы были погребены вместе с Масехом, поверив в Него и пройдя обряд погружения в воду , и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Всевышнего, поднявшую Масеха из мёртвых.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Vous avez été ensevelis avec Christ par le baptême, et c’est aussi dans l’union avec lui que vous êtes ressuscités avec lui, par la foi en la puissance de Dieu qui l’a ressuscité des morts.
リビングバイブル - ですから、古い性質はキリストと共に死に、共に葬られたのです。そして、キリストを死者の中から復活させた、力ある神のことばを信じたあなたがたは、キリストと共に、新しいいのちへと復活させていただいたのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτισμῷ, ἐν ᾧ καὶ συνηγέρθητε διὰ τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτισμῷ, ἐν ᾧ καὶ συνηγέρθητε, διὰ τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
Nova Versão Internacional - Isso aconteceu quando vocês foram sepultados com ele no batismo e com ele foram ressuscitados mediante a fé no poder de Deus que o ressuscitou dentre os mortos.
Hoffnung für alle - Damit meine ich die Taufe, die euer altes Leben beendet hat; durch sie wurdet ihr mit Christus begraben. Ebenso seid ihr auch mit Christus zu einem neuen Leben auferweckt worden durch den Glauben an die Kraft Gottes, der ihn von den Toten auferstehen ließ.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Do lễ báp-tem ấy, anh em đã chết và được chôn với Chúa, rồi được sống lại với Ngài do đức tin nơi quyền năng Đức Chúa Trời, là quyền năng phục sinh của Chúa Cứu Thế.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ท่านถูกฝังไว้กับพระองค์ในพิธีบัพติศมา และทรงให้ท่านเป็นขึ้นจากตายกับพระองค์ผ่านทางความเชื่อของท่านในฤทธิ์อำนาจของพระเจ้าผู้ทรงให้พระองค์เป็นขึ้นจากตาย
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถูกฝังด้วยกันกับพระองค์ในบัพติศมา และท่านได้รับการฟื้นคืนชีวิตขึ้นด้วยกับพระองค์ โดยมีความเชื่อตามพลังอันยิ่งใหญ่ของพระเจ้าผู้สำแดงให้พระองค์ฟื้นคืนชีวิตจากความตายแล้ว

交叉引用

John 3:3 - Jesus said, “You’re absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it’s not possible to see what I’m pointing to—to God’s kingdom.”
John 3:4 - “How can anyone,” said Nicodemus, “be born who has already been born and grown up? You can’t re-enter your mother’s womb and be born again. What are you saying with this ‘born-from-above’ talk?”
John 3:5 - Jesus said, “You’re not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation—the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. When you look at a baby, it’s just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can’t see and touch—the Spirit—and becomes a living spirit.
John 3:7 - “So don’t be so surprised when I tell you that you have to be ‘born from above’—out of this world, so to speak. You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that. You hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or where it’s headed next. That’s the way it is with everyone ‘born from above’ by the wind of God, the Spirit of God.”
1 Peter 4:1 - Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you’ll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want.
1 Peter 4:3 - You’ve already put in your time in that God-ignorant way of life, partying night after night, a drunken and profligate life. Now it’s time to be done with it for good. Of course, your old friends don’t understand why you don’t join in with the old gang anymore. But you don’t have to give an account to them. They’re the ones who will be called on the carpet—and before God himself.
Acts 14:27 - On arrival, they got the church together and reported on their trip, telling in detail how God had used them to throw the door of faith wide open so people of all nations could come streaming in. Then they settled down for a long, leisurely visit with the disciples.
Luke 17:5 - The apostles came up and said to the Master, “Give us more faith.”
Ephesians 3:7 - This is my life work: helping people understand and respond to this Message. It came as a sheer gift to me, a real surprise, God handling all the details. When it came to presenting the Message to people who had no background in God’s way, I was the least qualified of any of the available Christians. God saw to it that I was equipped, but you can be sure that it had nothing to do with my natural abilities.
Romans 7:4 - So, my friends, this is something like what has taken place with you. When Christ died he took that entire rule-dominated way of life down with him and left it in the tomb, leaving you free to “marry” a resurrection life and bear “offspring” of faith for God. For as long as we lived that old way of life, doing whatever we felt we could get away with, sin was calling most of the shots as the old law code hemmed us in. And this made us all the more rebellious. In the end, all we had to show for it was miscarriages and stillbirths. But now that we’re no longer shackled to that domineering mate of sin, and out from under all those oppressive regulations and fine print, we’re free to live a new life in the freedom of God.
James 1:16 - So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.
Colossians 3:1 - So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.
Ephesians 1:20 - All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.
Romans 6:3 - That’s what baptism into the life of Jesus means. When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus. Each of us is raised into a light-filled world by our Father so that we can see where we’re going in our new grace-sovereign country.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此与他一同复活，都因信那叫他从死里复活　神的功用。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此礼上，因信那使他从死人中复活的上帝的作为跟他一同复活。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此礼上，因信那使他从死人中复活的　神的作为跟他一同复活。
当代译本 - 你们接受洗礼时已经与基督一同埋葬了，并借着相信上帝使基督从死里复活的大能，与基督一同复活了。
圣经新译本 - 你们在洗礼中已经与他一同埋葬，也在洗礼中，因信那使基督从死人中复活的　神所运行的动力，与他一同复活了。
中文标准译本 - 你们既然在洗礼中与基督一同被埋葬，也就在洗礼中与基督一同复活了，这是藉着相信使基督从死人中复活之神的作为。
现代标点和合本 - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此与他一同复活，都因信那叫他从死里复活神的功用。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们既受洗与他一同埋葬，也就在此与他一同复活，都因信那叫他从死里复活上帝的功用。
New International Version - having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
New International Reader's Version - When you were baptized, you were buried together with Christ. And you were raised to life together with him when you were baptized. You were raised to life by believing in God’s work. God himself raised Jesus from the dead.
English Standard Version - having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
New Living Translation - For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
Christian Standard Bible - when you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
New American Standard Bible - having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
New King James Version - buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Amplified Bible - having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God, [as displayed] when He raised Christ from the dead.
American Standard Version - having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
King James Version - Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
New English Translation - Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
World English Bible - having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
新標點和合本 - 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此與他一同復活，都因信那叫他從死裏復活神的功用。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此禮上，因信那使他從死人中復活的上帝的作為跟他一同復活。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此禮上，因信那使他從死人中復活的　神的作為跟他一同復活。
當代譯本 - 你們接受洗禮時已經與基督一同埋葬了，並藉著相信上帝使基督從死裡復活的大能，與基督一同復活了。
聖經新譯本 - 你們在洗禮中已經與他一同埋葬，也在洗禮中，因信那使基督從死人中復活的　神所運行的動力，與他一同復活了。
呂振中譯本 - 在洗禮之中和他一同埋葬，也在洗禮之中憑着信心和他一同活起來：信上帝之運用動力、叫基督從死人中活起來的。
中文標準譯本 - 你們既然在洗禮中與基督一同被埋葬，也就在洗禮中與基督一同復活了，這是藉著相信使基督從死人中復活之神的作為。
現代標點和合本 - 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此與他一同復活，都因信那叫他從死裡復活神的功用。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋以洗禮與之同葬、亦與之同起、由乎信上帝之功用、即自死而起之者也、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾亦受洗、與基督同穴、上帝甦基督、爾藉其力、亦與之共甦、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾曹受洗禮、即與基督同葬、因信天主使基督由死復活之大能、則與基督同生、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋爾等受洗時、實已與之同葬、且因信賴復活基督者天主之神力、而與之同復活矣。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Ustedes la recibieron al ser sepultados con él en el bautismo. En él también fueron resucitados mediante la fe en el poder de Dios, quien lo resucitó de entre los muertos.
현대인의 성경 - 여러분은 세례를 받음으로 그리스도와 함께 땅에 묻혔고 또한 그리스도를 죽은 사람 가운데서 다시 살리신 하나님의 능력을 믿음으로 그분과 함께 다시 살아나게 된 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вы были погребены вместе с Ним в крещении и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Божью, поднявшую Христа из мертвых.
Восточный перевод - Вы были погребены вместе с Масихом, поверив в Него и пройдя обряд погружения в воду , и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Всевышнего, поднявшую Масиха из мёртвых.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вы были погребены вместе с аль-Масихом, поверив в Него и пройдя обряд погружения в воду , и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Аллаха, поднявшую аль-Масиха из мёртвых.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вы были погребены вместе с Масехом, поверив в Него и пройдя обряд погружения в воду , и воскрешены вместе с Ним верой в силу Всевышнего, поднявшую Масеха из мёртвых.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Vous avez été ensevelis avec Christ par le baptême, et c’est aussi dans l’union avec lui que vous êtes ressuscités avec lui, par la foi en la puissance de Dieu qui l’a ressuscité des morts.
リビングバイブル - ですから、古い性質はキリストと共に死に、共に葬られたのです。そして、キリストを死者の中から復活させた、力ある神のことばを信じたあなたがたは、キリストと共に、新しいいのちへと復活させていただいたのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτισμῷ, ἐν ᾧ καὶ συνηγέρθητε διὰ τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτισμῷ, ἐν ᾧ καὶ συνηγέρθητε, διὰ τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
Nova Versão Internacional - Isso aconteceu quando vocês foram sepultados com ele no batismo e com ele foram ressuscitados mediante a fé no poder de Deus que o ressuscitou dentre os mortos.
Hoffnung für alle - Damit meine ich die Taufe, die euer altes Leben beendet hat; durch sie wurdet ihr mit Christus begraben. Ebenso seid ihr auch mit Christus zu einem neuen Leben auferweckt worden durch den Glauben an die Kraft Gottes, der ihn von den Toten auferstehen ließ.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Do lễ báp-tem ấy, anh em đã chết và được chôn với Chúa, rồi được sống lại với Ngài do đức tin nơi quyền năng Đức Chúa Trời, là quyền năng phục sinh của Chúa Cứu Thế.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ท่านถูกฝังไว้กับพระองค์ในพิธีบัพติศมา และทรงให้ท่านเป็นขึ้นจากตายกับพระองค์ผ่านทางความเชื่อของท่านในฤทธิ์อำนาจของพระเจ้าผู้ทรงให้พระองค์เป็นขึ้นจากตาย
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถูกฝังด้วยกันกับพระองค์ในบัพติศมา และท่านได้รับการฟื้นคืนชีวิตขึ้นด้วยกับพระองค์ โดยมีความเชื่อตามพลังอันยิ่งใหญ่ของพระเจ้าผู้สำแดงให้พระองค์ฟื้นคืนชีวิตจากความตายแล้ว

John 3:3 - Jesus said, “You’re absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it’s not possible to see what I’m pointing to—to God’s kingdom.”
John 3:4 - “How can anyone,” said Nicodemus, “be born who has already been born and grown up? You can’t re-enter your mother’s womb and be born again. What are you saying with this ‘born-from-above’ talk?”
John 3:5 - Jesus said, “You’re not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation—the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. When you look at a baby, it’s just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can’t see and touch—the Spirit—and becomes a living spirit.
John 3:7 - “So don’t be so surprised when I tell you that you have to be ‘born from above’—out of this world, so to speak. You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that. You hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or where it’s headed next. That’s the way it is with everyone ‘born from above’ by the wind of God, the Spirit of God.”
1 Peter 4:1 - Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you’ll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want.
1 Peter 4:3 - You’ve already put in your time in that God-ignorant way of life, partying night after night, a drunken and profligate life. Now it’s time to be done with it for good. Of course, your old friends don’t understand why you don’t join in with the old gang anymore. But you don’t have to give an account to them. They’re the ones who will be called on the carpet—and before God himself.
Acts 14:27 - On arrival, they got the church together and reported on their trip, telling in detail how God had used them to throw the door of faith wide open so people of all nations could come streaming in. Then they settled down for a long, leisurely visit with the disciples.
Luke 17:5 - The apostles came up and said to the Master, “Give us more faith.”
Ephesians 3:7 - This is my life work: helping people understand and respond to this Message. It came as a sheer gift to me, a real surprise, God handling all the details. When it came to presenting the Message to people who had no background in God’s way, I was the least qualified of any of the available Christians. God saw to it that I was equipped, but you can be sure that it had nothing to do with my natural abilities.
Romans 7:4 - So, my friends, this is something like what has taken place with you. When Christ died he took that entire rule-dominated way of life down with him and left it in the tomb, leaving you free to “marry” a resurrection life and bear “offspring” of faith for God. For as long as we lived that old way of life, doing whatever we felt we could get away with, sin was calling most of the shots as the old law code hemmed us in. And this made us all the more rebellious. In the end, all we had to show for it was miscarriages and stillbirths. But now that we’re no longer shackled to that domineering mate of sin, and out from under all those oppressive regulations and fine print, we’re free to live a new life in the freedom of God.
James 1:16 - So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.
Colossians 3:1 - So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.
Ephesians 1:20 - All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.
Romans 6:3 - That’s what baptism into the life of Jesus means. When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus. Each of us is raised into a light-filled world by our Father so that we can see where we’re going in our new grace-sovereign country.