through whom we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of the glory of God.

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

But the righteousness based on faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down)

or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

For if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree!