In his letter to the Philippians, Paul spoke of himself, saying: “Sharing in [Christ’s] sufferings, submitting myself to a death like his, to see if I may by any means attain to the earlier resurrection from the dead. ”
पौलाचा असा अर्थ होता, की अभिषिक्‍त ख्रिश्‍चनांचा बाप्तिस्मा अशा एका जीवनशैलीत होतो ज्यात, ख्रिस्ताप्रमाणे ते त्यांच्या मृत्यूपर्यंत एकनिष्ठ राहतील.