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. Paul moves on to the question of baptism. In no way is baptism related to circumcision. The one is a Christian ordinance whereas the other is Jewish rite. The one is strictly for believers who are able to testify personally and publicly to new life in Christ whereas the other is for eight-day-old Jewish infants. The one is associated
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