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We were buried, then, with him through baptism into death
"When someone baptized us, it is just like that person buried us with Christ in the tomb"
just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so also we might walk in newness of life
"just as the Father brought Jesus back to life after he died, we might have new spiritual life and obey God"
the dead
All those who have died. This expression describes all dead people together in the underworld. To be raised from among them speaks of becoming alive again.