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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 lightedsteps, If I had considered the Mk 16:16 baptism as mere ritual, then I would indeed be trivializing Scripture. My intent is to demonstrate that in the historical accounts, baptism and belief happened together. The decision to believe was immediately borne out with the witness of baptism. There was no anxious bench or 30-minute altar call or Sinner's prayer or inviting Jesus into your heart or other such things evangelicals say today. Steve |