οἵτινες, the appeal is to the character of the Christian—‘seeing we are men who …’.

ἀπεθάνομεν definitely refers to baptism as explained Romans 6:3 f. τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ = our sin, the state of sin in which we were; cf. Galatians 2:19.

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Old Testament