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NASB | Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 16:16 "He who has believed [in Me] and has been baptized will be saved [from the penalty of God's wrath and judgment]; but he who has not believed will be condemned. |
Subject: believeth and is baptized |
Bible Note: Hi Doc Always good to hear from you You cite 3 reasons for believing this verse does not belong. 1. It is absent from most of the earliest manuscripts. 2. Early church writers tell us that it is absent from many other manuscripts. 3. There are stylistic aspects of this passage that are not in keeping with the rest of the book. As far as I am concerned, I believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God to the Church, mind you I said Church, as the mystical body of Christ, not any religion, I also believe that this inerrancy extends as far as the canon itself, as well as the writers of the books, I do not in any way believe that anything having to do with the Bible is not what it appears to be. Therefore I take with a grain of spiritual salt, what New Testament scholars might have to say on the matter. Others have said the book of Mark was actually written by Peter. If we took what they all say now, or have said in the past, all we would have left of our Bibles, would be a very nice piece of leather, (with our name embossed on it in gold). I may sound old fashioned, but I have to believe the canon we have received, is the one that GOD wanted us to have. I'm sorry but when it comes to belief, just because someone has a Phd, or Ma. after their name, I still question their findings, (teachings). We have been warned in the Bible about False teachers, when I hear of such things, I question the motive for such statements. What I mean is, do these teachings edify the reader, or do they make the reader, question the Bible text as true or not? (example) Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Once the doubt has been raised, then any belief is possible. We can become to sophisticated in our beliefs, when God meant His word to be understood by the simplest of men. When you said "After all, doing something in the natural and expecting supernatural results has a name: magic -- and we are told to eschew such things." I know you didn't mean these such things did you? Rom 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. Col 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |