6:4. Therefore we are
buried with Him by baptism into death, that like as Christ was raised up from
the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life. The very sacrament of baptism has taught thee to fly from sin, for
baptism carries in it the representation of our Lord’s death, for in that thou hast
communicated both in the death and in the resurrection of Christ. It becomes
thee therefore to lead a new life, as it were, and one suited to Him in
whose resurrection thou hast partaken. (Theodoret of Cyrus, “Commentary on
Romans,” in Early Commentaries on Romans: Augustine of Hippo and Theodoret
of Cyrus [trans. John Litteral; Litteral Truth Publishing, 2019], 90)
8:30. Moreover whom He
did predestinate them He also called; and whom He called them HE also
justified; and whom He justified them He also glorified. Those who
(suitable) disposition he had foreknown, those in the beginning He predestinated;
and predestinating also called; and calling, justified by baptism; and
justifying, glorified by designating them sons, and endowing them with the
grace of the Holy Spirit. (Theodoret of Cyrus, “Commentary on Romans,” in Early
Commentaries on Romans: Augustine of Hippo and Theodoret of Cyrus [trans.
John Litteral; Litteral Truth Publishing, 2019], 117, emphasis added)