CCC 1694

Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, Christians are "dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus" and so participate in the life of the Risen Lord.⁸ Rom 6:11 and cf. 6:5; cf. Col 2:12. Following Christ and united with him,⁹ Cf. Jn 15:5. Christians can strive to be "imitators of God as beloved children, and walk in love"¹⁰ Eph 5:1-2. by conforming their thoughts, words and actions to the "mind . . . which is yours in Christ Jesus,"¹¹ Phil 2:5. and by following his example.¹² Cf. Jn 13:12-16.