2 Timothy 2:11

2 Timothy 2:11. It is a faithful saying. The rhythmical form of the sentence that follows suggests the thought that we have a fragment of one of the ‘spiritual songs' of Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16, uttered under prophetic inspiration, accepted by the Church, used in its worship, taught to children and to converts.

If we be dead with him. The Greek tense points to a definite act, ‘if we died,' and interpreted by Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12, throws us back upon the mystical union with the death of Christ into which believers enter at their baptism.