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NASB | John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:5 Jesus answered, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God. [Ezek 36:25-27] |
Subject: Verses where water alone means baptism? |
Bible Note: Doc, "Is your interpretation of this verse (John 3:5) one that is required of you by Rome? If so, I apologize for provoking you and Dalcent by this question -- that wasn't my intent." Actually that intepretation of John 3:5 is required of Catholics. But I belived it for 45 years before I was ever aware that it was a defined position of the Church. I must say that I agree with Dalcent's position on baptism, but I found that being right is not always enough to convince people in these parts. ;-) I have been through the Baptismal wars a few times and have been an observer in many other skimishes. I have only so much time and energy. You guys can't afford to captitulate on this point without expecting to baptized in the Tiber. It would mean accepting all of Catholic Sacramental theology and swimming the Tiber (God willing and the Holy Spirit moving). And we Catholics, we only go into water far enough to be baptised into Christ. We aren't going to swim Lake Geneva. Emmaus |