By baptism we are buried with Christ into death. The old man dies. And in that death we die to sin, no longer to walk in it. Being baptized into Christ dead, we are also raised with Him to walk in newness of life. Baptism signifies that Christ has made all things new, including us. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection (Romans 6:5).