Albert Barnes Commentary Colossians 2:12

"having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead." — Colossians 2:12 (ASV)

Buried with him in baptism.

In which also. In which ordinance, or by virtue of that which is signified by the ordinance.

You are risen with him. From the death of sin to the life of religion. (See Romans 6:4, 5; Ephesians 2:5, 6)

Through the faith of the operation of God. By a firm belief in the agency of God in raising him up; that is, a belief of the fact that God has raised him from the dead. The resurrection of Christ is often represented as the foundation of all our hopes; and, as he was raised from the grave to die no more, so, in virtue of that, we are raised from the death of sin to eternal spiritual life. The belief of this is shown by our baptism, whatever the mode in which that ordinance is performed, and as well shown in one mode as another.