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Col.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.
Col.2.12
If it's an initiation ritual you're after, you've already been through it by submitting to baptism. Going under the water was a burial of your old life; coming up out of it was a resurrection, God raising you from the dead as he did Christ.
Col.2.12
having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
Col.2.12
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.
Col.2.12
For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to a new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
