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Colossians 2:12
The 2026 edition cites 2 passages containing Colossians 2:12, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Colossians 2:11-12
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Cited by 8 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 3
- CF 7.5
This covenant was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the gospel: under the law, it was administered by promises, prophecies…
- CF 28.1
Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church; but…
- CF 28.4
Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents, are to be baptized.
Testimony of the RPCNA 2
Larger Catechism 2
- LC 166
Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible Church, and so strangers from the covenant of promise, till they profess their faith in…
- LC 167
The needful but much neglected duty of improving our Baptism, is to be performed by us all our life long, especially in the time of temptation, and when we are…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 95
Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible Church, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him; but the infants of…
Colossians 2:12
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Cited by 3 places in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 14.1
Saving faith is the gift of the triune God. It is the Father’s will that the elect should be united to Christ by faith. The Son, by His death, provided that…
Larger Catechism 2
- LC 52
Christ was exalted in his resurrection, in that, not having seen corruption in death (of which it was not possible for him to be held) and having the very same…
- LC 176
The Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper agree, in that the author of both is God; the spiritual part of both is Christ and his benefits; both are seals…