4. We were buried therefore with him through immersion into death, that just as Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
5. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;
6. knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
7. For he who has died has been freed from sin.
8. But if we died with Messiah, we believe that we will also live with him;
9. knowing that Messiah, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him!