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The meaning and especially the reference of the ὁμοίωμα in Romans 6:5 is a subject of debate in Pauline studies. This note, keeping in view the two main lines of interpretation (‘corresponding reality’ and ‘form’), argues for a specific different meaning, namely, that of ‘representation’ referring to a discourse which here in Romans is the proclamation of the death and resurrection of Christ. It does so by giving an important place to the role of the gospel at the start and in the time of ‘newness of life’.