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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: Dear lightedsteps, Here is a very good article that exposes the Mark 16:9-20 debate for all sides: http://apologeticspress.com/articles/2780 I would not say that I am fully persuaded one way or another. Mostly that is because I am simply not educated enough to land on one side of the issue or the other. Let me explain a little better, then, how I handle what I do know. I accept, at face value, that this passage -- or something similar to it -- must necessarily have been included in the original autograph. However, I am not required to build orthodoxy or orthopraxy in these verses alone -- as, for example, the snake handlers do. You see, a fundamental tenet of the doctrine of sola Scriptura is what is called the analogy of faith; viz. "The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself; and therefore when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture (which is not manifold, but one), it must be searched by other places that speak more clearly (2 Peter 1:20-21; Acts 15:15-16)." 1689 LBCF 1.9 Consequently, I am able to deal with any doctrine that it raises, by resorting to passages that articulate them more clearly. Nor am I left in an untenable position of embracing a doctrine for which this passage is the sole support. You're right -- God only has to say something once. Nevertheless, like the good teacher that He is, he repeats, and repeats, and repeats all those things necessary and sufficient for "all saving knowledge, faith and obedience." In Him, Doc |