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NASB | John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 4:14 "But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life." |
Subject: AO, was His John 3 not in effect? |
Bible Note: Radioman, I appreciate your point. As we have already addressed the necessity of a command of God to need only be given once, lets move on to why Paul stated "Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel" (your quote). You gave 1Cor 1:17 as evidence. Lets look at the full context: 1 Cor 1:10-17 10Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you. 12Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ." 13Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15that no man should say you were baptized in my name. 16Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, that the cross of Christ should not be made void. NAS Verses 14-16 make it clear that Paul is not denigrating baptism, but glad that he himself did not baptize MANY so to avoid denominations. He was happy to baptize, but understood that there was danger for him to do so. Additionally, Christ personally handpicked him, because of his desire for righteousness as demonstrated by his knowledge! This made him a much more effective servant in teaching than in baptizing. AO |