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NASB | John 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:18 "Whoever believes and has decided to trust in Him [as personal Savior and Lord] is not judged [for this one, there is no judgment, no rejection, no condemnation]; but the one who does not believe [and has decided to reject Him as personal Savior and Lord] is judged already [that one has been convicted and sentenced], because he has not believed and trusted in the name of the [One and] only begotten Son of God [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, the One who alone can save him]. |
Bible Question:
What does this verse mean? Mark 16 16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And what does baptized really mean. |
Bible Answer: There is a lot to be said about baptism. (So please forgive the length.) First, notice the contrast between "believes" and "does not believe". Unbelief is what condemns. In Scriptre, water baptism usually went along with belief - note Acts 8:36ff. What does "baptized" mean? What kind of answer are you looking for? In the Greek (the original language) the word is baptizo (in other words, different people will say different things - sprinkling, emmersion, etc.). My understanding of early church practice is that it meant imersion. See Mark 10:38-39, I think that in that passage Christ is speaking of His death. What does water baptism symbolize - Rom 6:3-4, "baptized into His death" (In my opinion, immersion is a better picture.) Depending on your background, baptism can mean a lot. I know of some who, when they got baptized, were shut off from their family, because baptism was seen as a stand against their heritage. I hope some of this helps, I would reccommend doing a search on "bapti" (without quotes) in either the New Testament or the whole Bible, to see how it is used in the various places. (this would give you baptism, baptize, baptized, and baptist (as in "John the")). I would also encourage you to look at those verses which do not link baptism with belief. (John 3:16; Acts 16:31; among others.) In Him, Benjamite |
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