歌羅西書2:11-15

2:11 你們在他裡面也受了不是人手所行的割禮，乃是基督使你們脫去肉體情慾的割禮。
2:12 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此與他一同復活，都因信那叫他從死裡復活上帝的功用。
2:13 你們從前在過犯和未受割禮的肉體中死了，上帝赦免了你們（或譯：我們）一切過犯，便叫你們與基督一同活過來；
2:14 又塗抹了在律例上所寫、攻擊我們、有礙於我們的字據，把它撤去，釘在十字架上。
2:15 既將一切執政的、掌權的擄來，明顯給眾人看，就仗著十字架誇勝。

¹¹ In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh^[b] was put off when you were circumcised by^[c] Christ, ¹² having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
¹³ When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you^[d] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, ¹⁴ having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

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    說到十字架，本來是羅馬的刑具，可是主耶穌被掛在上面之後，變成得聖的記號，正如保羅在這裡說：「既將一切執政的、掌權的擄來，明顯給眾人看，就仗著十字架誇勝」！因為這是耶穌基督從死裡復活帶來得果效：「你們從前在過犯和未受割禮的肉體中死了，上帝赦免了你們（或譯：我們）一切過犯，便叫你們與基督一同活過來；又塗抹了在律例上所寫、攻擊我們、有礙於我們的字據，把它撤去，釘在十字架上。」

    基督徒透過耶穌基督享受同死同復活，可以對過去的舊我宣告：「我已經死了」！對於與基督同活的新我宣告：「我已經靠基督耶穌得了永生了」！這些都是透過「洗禮」表明出來：「你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此與他一同復活，都因信那叫他從死裡復活上帝的功用。」

    感謝上帝！雖然十字架釘死耶穌基督，也釘死了過去的舊我；而上帝使耶穌基督從死裡復活，也使我們復活了！所以，我們是與基督同死同活了！