I did not get into those specific verses, but did concentrate on how Rom 6:3 says it is only so many of us -- a particular people - who were baptized into Jesus can say they were baptized into his death. They came into union and share his death.
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"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
I did not get into those specific verses, but did concentrate on how Rom 6:3 says it is only so many of us -- a particular people - who were baptized into Jesus can say they were baptized into his death. They came into union and share his death.