been “buried with him.” Burial both sets the seal on death and prepares for that which is to follow: living a new life patterned after the resurrection of Christ. Many commentators view vv. 5–7 and 8–10 as two roughly parallel elaborations of this basic teaching.313 But it is better to connect v. 5 closely with v. 4, since it makes explicit the connection between our being with Christ in death and our being with him in life that is assumed in v. 4b. Verses 6–7 then resume and explain further the