Charles Spurgeon 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)

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering:

This is what you are to wear, even on the outside – to put it on; not to have a latent kindness in your heart, and a degree of humbleness deep down in your soul if you could reach it; but you are to put it on. It is to be the very dress you wear. These are the sacred vestments of your daily priesthood. Put them on.

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.

"You have death, burial, and resurrection, all in Christ; and you received the outward sign and token of this when you were baptized, so believe firmly that it is so, and do not look anywhere else for it.

You are neither dead nor buried apart from Christ, nor are you driven apart from him; all you have is in him."

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.

It is only as you are one with Christ that baptism will be to you what he intended; but buried with him in baptism, you are dead to all else, and all your life lies in him.