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King James Version

Colossians 2:12

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baptism;   Burial;   Faith;   Jesus Continued;   Power;   Regeneration;   Resurrection;   Thompson Chain Reference - Baptism;   Church;   Sacraments;   The Topic Concordance - Circumcision;   Forgiveness;   Jesus Christ;   Resurrection;   Victory/overcoming;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Burial;   New Birth, the;   Power of God, the;   Resurrection of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Circumcision;   Cross;   Death;   Resurrection;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Baptize, Baptism;   Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Forgiveness;   Magic;   Resurrection;   Union with Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, Epistle to;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Colosse;   Hymenaeus;   Passover;   Philetus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Colossians;   Cross, Crucifixion;   Ordinances;   Regeneration;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Forgiveness;   Gnosticism;   Knowledge;   Resurrection;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels;   Atonement (2);   Baptism;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Communion;   Elements ;   Grace;   Organization (2);   Presence (2);   Principality Principalities ;   Regeneration (2);   Resurrection of Christ;   Sacraments;   Salvation Save Saviour;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Type;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bury;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Baptism;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptism (the Baptist Interpretation);   Baptism (Non-Immersionist View);   Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine);   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Christ, the Exaltation of;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Operation;   Pauline Theology;   Sacraments;   Salvation;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 7;   Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for September 9;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Legacy Standard Bible
having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Simplified Cowboy Version
You rode to the grave with him in baptism and you'll ride with him in the new life you have when he brought you out of the grave just as God did for him.
Bible in Basic English
Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.
Darby Translation
buried with him in baptism, in which ye have been also raised with [him] through faith of the working of God who raised him from among the dead.
Christian Standard Bible®
Having been buried with Him in baptism, you were also raised with Him through faith in the working 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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Buried with him in baptism, by which ye are also risen with him, through the faith of the operation of God, who raised him from the dead.
Weymouth's New Testament
having been buried with Him in your baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith produced within you by God who raised Him from among the dead.
King James Version (1611)
Buried with him in Baptisme, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Literal Translation
being buried with Him in baptism, in whom also you were raised through the faith of the working of God, raising Him from among the dead.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
in that ye are buried with him thorow baptyme: in whom ye are also rysen agayne thorow faith, that is wrought by the operacion of God, which raysed him vp from the deed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
which were buried (as Christ was) in your baptism, by virtue of which you rise (as he did) to a new life, through a belief of that divine power, which 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.
Revised Standard Version
and 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.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
in that ye are buryed with him thorow baptim in whom ye are also rysen agayne thorowe fayth that is wrought by the operacion of god which raysed him from deeth.
Update Bible Version
having been buried with him in baptism, wherein you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
Buried with him in baptism, in which also ye are raised with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Young's Literal Translation
being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with [him] through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.
New Century Version
When you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and you were raised up with him through your faith in God's power that was shown when he raised Christ 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.
Berean Standard Bible
And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Contemporary English Version
And when you were baptized, it was the same as being buried with Christ. Then you were raised to life because you had faith in the power of God, who raised Christ from death.
Complete Jewish Bible
you were buried along with him by being immersed; and in union with him, you were also raised up along with him by God's faithfulness that worked when he raised Yeshua 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In that yee are buried with him through baptisme, in whome ye are also raised vp together through the faith of the operation of God, which raised him from the dead.
George Lamsa Translation
And you were buried with him in baptism, and by him you were raised with him, for you believed in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
Hebrew Names Version
having been buried with him in immersion, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
International Standard Version
When you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.Acts 2:24; Romans 6:4; Ephesians 1:19; 3:7; Colossians 3:1;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And you have been buried with him by baptism, and in him have risen with him, who have believed in the power of Aloha who raised him from among the dead.
Murdock Translation
And ye have been buried with him, by baptism; and by it ye have risen with him; while ye believed in the power 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.
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.
New Life Bible
When you were baptized, you were buried as Christ was buried. When you were raised up in baptism, you were raised as Christ was raised. You were raised to a new life by putting your trust in God. It was God Who raised Jesus from the dead.
English Revised 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.
New Revised Standard
when you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Having been buried together with him in your immersion, wherein also ye have been raised together, through your faith in the energising of God - Who raised him from among the dead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Buried with him in baptism: in whom also you are risen again by the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him up from the dead.
Lexham English Bible
having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Buried with him in baptisme, in who ye are also risen agayne through ye fayth of the operation of God, who hath raysed hym from the dead.
Easy-to-Read Version
When you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and you were raised up with him because of your faith in God's power. God's power was shown when he raised Christ from death.
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.
Good News Translation
For when you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and in baptism you were also raised with Christ through your faith in the active power of God, who raised him from death.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and ye ben biried togidere with hym in baptim, in whom also ye han rise ayen bi feith of the worching of God, that reiside hym fro deth.

Contextual Overview

4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Buried: Romans 6:4, Romans 6:5

baptism: Romans 6:3, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 4:5, Titus 3:5, Titus 3:6, Hebrews 6:2, 1 Peter 3:21

wherein: Colossians 3:1, Colossians 3:2, Romans 6:8-11, Romans 7:4, 1 Corinthians 15:20, Ephesians 1:20, Ephesians 2:4-6, Ephesians 5:14, 1 Peter 4:1-3

the faith: Luke 17:5,*Gr: John 1:12, John 1:13, John 3:3-7, Acts 14:27, Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 2:8, Ephesians 3:7, Ephesians 3:17, Philippians 1:29, Hebrews 12:2, James 1:16, James 1:17

who: Acts 2:24, Romans 4:24, Hebrews 13:20, Hebrews 13:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:10 - Every Matthew 3:6 - were Mark 11:22 - faith in God John 2:19 - I will John 6:44 - except John 19:42 - laid Acts 15:1 - Except Acts 18:27 - believed Romans 2:29 - circumcision Romans 6:6 - that the 1 Corinthians 15:4 - that 2 Corinthians 4:7 - that 2 Corinthians 5:15 - that they Ephesians 2:6 - hath Philippians 1:6 - begun

Cross-References

Exodus 28:20
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
Exodus 39:13
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
Numbers 11:7
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Buried with him in baptism,.... The apostle goes on to observe how complete and perfect the saints are in Christ; that they are not only circumcised in him in a spiritual sense, and the body of the sins of their flesh is put off, and removed from them, in allusion to the cutting off and casting away of the foreskin in circumcision; but that they and all their sins were buried with Christ, of which their baptism in water was a lively representation: Christ having died for their sins, was laid in the grave, where he continued for a while, and then rose again; and as they were crucified with him, they were also buried with him, as their head and representative; and all their sins too, which he left behind him in the grave, signified by his grave clothes there; and baptism being performed by immersion, when the person baptized is covered with water, and as it were buried in it, is a very significant emblem of all this; it is a representation of the burial of Christ, and very fitly holds him forth to the view of faith in the state of the dead, in the grave, and points out the place where the Lord lay; and it is also a representation of our burial with him, as being dead to sin, to the law, and to the world, by him. This shows now, that baptism was performed by dipping, or covering the whole body in water, for no other form of administration of baptism, as sprinkling, or pouring water on the face, can represent a burial, or be called one; and this is what many learned interpreters own, and observe on this place:

wherein also ye are risen with [him]; Christ is risen from the dead as the head and representative of his people, and they are risen with him; and their baptism is also an emblem of his and their resurrection, being administered by immersion, in which way only this can be signified; for as the going down into the water, and being under it, represents Christ's descending into the state of the dead, and his continuance in it, so the emersion, or coming up out of the water, represents his rising from the dead, and that of his people in him, in order to walk in newness of life; for the apostle's meaning is, that in baptism saints are risen with Christ, as well as in it buried with him: and this

through the faith of the operation of God; that is, it is through faith that saints see themselves buried and risen with Christ, to which the ordinance of baptism is greatly assisting, where there is true faith; for otherwise, without faith, this ordinance will be of no use to any such end and purpose; and it is not any faith that will avail, but that which is of God's operation; faith is not naturally in men, all men have it not; and those that have it, have it not of themselves, it is the gift of God; it is what be works in them, and by his power performs:

who hath raised him from the dead; this is a periphrasis of God the Father, to whom the resurrection of Christ from the dead is generally ascribed; though not to the exclusion of Christ, and of the Spirit, who were also concerned; and is here added, partly to show in what respect faith, which is God's work, has him for its object, as having raised Christ from the dead, who was delivered for offences, but is risen again through the power of God for justification, and whoever with his heart believes this shall be saved; and partly to show, that the same power is exerted in working true faith in the heart, as was put forth in raising Christ from the dead.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Buried with him in baptism - See the notes at Romans 6:4.

Wherein also - In which ordinance, or by virtue of that which is signified by the ordinance.

Ye are risen with him - From the death of sin to the life of religion; Notes, Romans 6:4-5; compare the notes at Ephesians 2:5-6.

Through the faith of the operation of God - By a firm belief on the agency of God in raising him up; that is, a belief of the fact that God has raised him from the dead. The resurrection of Christ is often represented as the foundation of all our hopes; and, as he was raised from the grave to die no more, so, in virtue of that we are raised from the death of sin to eternal spiritual life. The belief of this is shown by our baptism, whatever be the mode in which that ordinance is performed, and as well shown in one mode as another.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 12. Buried with him in baptism — Alluding to the immersions practised in the case of adults, wherein the person appeared to be buried under the Water, as Christ was buried in the heart of the earth. His rising again the third any, and their emerging from the water, was an emblem of the resurrection of the body; and, in them, of a total change of life.

The faith of the operation of God — They were quickened, changed, and saved, by means of faith in Christ Jesus; which faith was produced by the operation or energy of God. Believing is the act of the soul; but the grace or power to believe comes from God himself.


 
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