1. What shall we say then? “ A transition-expression and a debater’s phrase” (Morison). The use of this phrase points to Paul’s training in the Rabbinical schools, where questions were propounded and the students encouraged to debate, objec- tions being suddenly interposed and answered.
Shall we continue (ériévwpev). The verb means primarily
t6 remain or abide at or with, as 1 Cor. xvi. 8; Philip. i. 24; Vou, II.—5
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and secondarily, to persevere, as Rom. xi. 23; Col. i. 23. So better here, persist.
3. Know ye not (dayvoeire). The expression is stronger: are ye ignorant. So Rev. The indicative mood presupposes an acquaintance with the moral nature of baptism, and a conse- quent absurdity in the idea of persisting in sin.
So many as (8c0.). Rev., all we who. Put differently from we that (otrwes, ver. 2) as not characterizing but designat- ing all collectively.
Baptized into (eis). See on Matt. xxviii. 19. The preposi- tion denotes inward union, participation ; not in order to bring about the union, for that has been effected. Compare 1 Cory xii, 12, 13, 21.
Into His death. As He died to sin, so we die to sin, just as if we were literally members of His body. Godet gives an anecdote related by a missionary who was questioning a con- verted Bechuana on Ool. iii. 3. The convert said: “Soon I shall be dead, and they will bury me in my field. My flocks will come to pasture above me. But I shall no longer hear them, and I shall not come forth from my tomb to take them and carry them with me to the sepulchre. They will be strange to me, as I to them. Such is the image of my life in the midst of the world since I believed in Christ.”
4. We are buried with (cuverddnpev). Rev., more accu- rately, were buried. Therefore, as a natural consequence of death. There is probably an allusion to the immersion of bap- tism. Compare Col. ili. 3.
Into death. Through the baptism into death referred to in ver. 3. Both A. V. and Rey. omit the article, which is im- portant for the avoidance of the error buried into death.
Glory (dds). The glorious collective perfection of God. See on iii. 28. Here the element of power is emphasized, which is closely related to the idea of divine glory. See Col. i. 11. All the perfections of God contribute to the resurrection of Christ—righteousness, mercy, wisdom, holiness.
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We might walk (mepurarjcopev). Lit., walk about, im- plying Aabetual conduct. See on John xi. 9; 1 John i. 6; 3 John 4; Luke xi. 44.
In newness of life (év xawédrnts bos). A stronger express- ion than new life. It gives more prominence to the main idea, newness, than would be given by the adjective. Thus 1 Tim. vi. 17, wncertainty of riches; not uncertain riches, as