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For if we have become united with him by the likeness of his death (ei gar sumphutoi gegonamen tōi homoiōmati tou thanatou autou). Condition of the first class, assumed to be true. Sumphutoi is old verbal adjective from sumphuō, to grow together. Baptism as a picture of death and burial symbolizes our likeness to Christ in his death.
We shall be also united in the likeness of his resurrection (alla kai tēs anastaseōs esometha). The conclusion to the previous condition introduced by alla kai as often and toi homoiōmati (in the likeness) must be understood before tēs anastaseōs (of his resurrection). Baptism is a picture of the past and of the present and a prophecy of the future, the matchless preacher of the new life in Christ.