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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Subject: Baptism-What Does the Bible Teach? |
Bible Note: I'm very curious as to how you came to such a conclusion about Paul's position on baptism in light of the scriptures below. Rom 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 1 Cor 1:13 Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name. 16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. 1 Cor 10:2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 1 Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. 1 Cor 15:29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? Gal 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. Eph 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, Col 2:12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. I understand there are some controversies about this topic of baptism but it seems to me that Paul's being a strong advocate of baptism is NOT one of them. If by chance you're referring to Paul's position about the focus of his ministery as mentioned in 1 Cor 1:17, I think there's a simple explanation. Human beings have a tendancy to want to be baptized by someone famous. My own father was baptized by a christian preacher who had a show on television many years ago and is now dead. But people all over the world brag about being taught and/or baptized by a famous christian who perhaps is on television or has written a book of some sort. In the first century, obviously Paul was getting some of this same kind of notariety along with Apollos and Peter. Here Paul is trying to de-emphasize himself and promote Christ and His sacrifice on the cross instead. IMO, Paul recognized he had a big job to do, preach the Gospel throughout the whole world and a short time to do it in. So naturally he prioritized his life into preaching the Gospel and let others take care of details like baptizing those that wanted to become christians. I hope this helps clarify the issue. God bless. Rowdy |