Romans 6:4

4Therefore, through baptism we were buried with him into his death so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too may live an entirely new life.John 2:11; 11:40; Rom 8:11; 1Cor 6:14; 2Cor 13:4; Gal 6:15; Eph 4:22-24; Col 2:12; 3:10

2 Corinthians 10:3-4

3Of course, we are living in the flesh, but we do not fight in a fleshly way. 4For the weapons of our warfare are not those of the flesh. Instead, they have the power of God to demolish fortresses. We tear down argumentsJer 1:10; Acts 7:22; 1Cor 2:5; 2Cor 6:7; 13:3-4; Eph 6:13; 1Thes 5:8; 1Tim 1:18; 2Tim 2:3

Philippians 2:7-8

7Instead, poured out in emptiness,Ps 22:6; Isa 42:1; 52:13; Ezek 34:23-24; Dan 9:26; Zech 3:8; Matt 20:28; Mark 9:12; Luke 22:27; John 1:14; Rom 1:3; 8:3; 15:3; Gal 4:4; Heb 2:14, 17

A servant's form did he possess,

A mortal man becoming.

In human form he chose to be,

8And lived in all humility,Matt 26:39, 42; John 10:18; Heb 5:8; 12:2

Death on a cross obeying.

1 Peter 3:18

18For Christ also suffered
Other mss. read died
for sins once for all, an innocent person for the guilty, so that he could bring you
Other mss. read us
to God. He was put to death in the sphere of the flesh but was made alive in the sphere of the spirit,
Or Spirit
Rom 1:4; 5:6; 8:11; 2Cor 13:4; Col 1:21-22; Heb 9:26, 28; 1Pet 2:21; 4:1
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