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Do we not know that solemn word Believers buried with Christ in baptism, Rom. 6. 3 &c

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 122, under Romans 6:3–4.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 122

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 3 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Romans 6:3–4 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 3 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

8 echoes in 12 lines.

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

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STANZA I

Do we not know that solemn word

Do we not know that solemn word,

That we are bury'd with the Lord,

Baptis'd into his death, and then

Put off the body of our sin?

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Romans 6:3–4. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

3Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. ROMANS 6:3–4 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ROMANS 6

Do we not know that solemn word, That we are bury'd with the Lord, Baptis'd into his death, and then Put off the body of our sin? STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 122. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 122 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Do we not know that solemn word

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