Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Now if we be dead ('if we died') with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him - `the future (to use the words of Hodge) referring not to what is to happen hereafter, but to what is the certain consequence of our union with Christ.' The apostle here recalls the sentiment of Romans 6:5, in order to continue that train of thought (see the note at Romans 6:5).