1 What should we say then? Should we keep on sinning so that God's grace can increase?
2 Not at all! As far as sin is concerned, we are dead. So how can we keep on sinning?
3 All of us were baptized into Christ Jesus. Don't you know that we were baptized into his death?
4 By being baptized, we were buried with Christ into his death. Christ has been raised from the dead by the Father's glory. And like Christ we also can live a new life.
5 By being baptized, we have been joined with him in his death. We will certainly also be joined with him in his resurrection.