Romans 6:3 (DRB)

Passage

Know you not that all we who are baptized in Christ Jesus are baptized in his death?

Nearby Context

Romans 6:1 What shall we say, then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Romans 6:2 God forbid! For we that are dead to sin, how shall we live any longer therein?

Romans 6:3 Know you not that all we who are baptized in Christ Jesus are baptized in his death?

Romans 6:4 For we are buried together with him by baptism into death: that, as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "baptized", "christ", "jesus", and "death". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "baptized" and "christ", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "God forbid For we that are dead..." into verse 4's "For we are buried together with him...", so "baptized" and "christ" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "baptized" and "christ" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.