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NASB | Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:9 because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. |
Subject: Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? |
Bible Note: Greetings Disciplerami! Thanks for your response my friend! I would love to go on to other passages, but first I would like you to interact with my points about Acts 2:38. I noticed that in another post, you refered to my explanation as a 'mangling' of Scripture. Yet, all I did was apply simple rules of grammar to a text. Would you be so kind as to explain how I mangled the rules of grammar in this passage? Then, we can go on to other passages. One of my pet peeves about debates like this is that there is a temptation to skip the points actually being made and play Biblical ping pong, serving up one verse after another, without actually dealing with what any of them say. So, if I could summarize our positions on Acts 2:38. You seem to believe that both commands 'to repent and to be baptized' lead to the promise in the 'eis' clause - i.e. - forgiveness of sins. My contention is that this is not grammatically possible. The command to repent and the pronoun in the 'eis' clause are both plural in number, while the command to be baptized in singular in number. Thus, the pronoun in the 'eis' clause cannot be dependent upon the command to be baptized. So, would you please explain to me how I have 'mangled' the meaning of this text! ;-) I would be willing to agree with you assessment, if you can provide adequate reasons for it. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |