"I refer to baptism. On receiving it, you were buried with CHRIST; and you also rose with HIM, for having believed in the power of GOD, who raised HIM from the dead.
You were dead. You were in sin and uncircumcised at the same time. But GOD gave you life with CHRIST. HE forgave all our sins. HE canceled the record of our debts, those regulations which accused us. HE did away with all that, and nailed it to the cross." - Colossians 2:11-14
(Paul has just said that a Christian has wisdom and is on a way of knowledge. He now reminds us that our entry into the Church has been much more than an exterior rite. Through baptism, we have become part of this renewal of the world brought about by the death and resurrection of JESUS.)
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