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NASB | Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:3 Or are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? |
Subject: Do you have to be baptized to be saved? |
Bible Note: Greetings Radioman2! Excellent quotes! May I add one quick point? James 2:24 says, "You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone." The common mistake made here is to interpret 'justified' as referring to salvation. The verb used here is a Present, passive, indicate, 3rd person, singular verb. It has two possible meanings. It can mean 'justified', or it can mean 'shown to be righteous'. Allow me to illustrate. Mt. 11:19 says, "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."' But wisdom is proved right by her actions.'" 'Proved right' is the same verb as in James 2:24. Luke 7:29 says, "(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus? words, acknowledged that God?s way was right, because they had been baptized by John." Here, 'acknowledged' is the same verb as used in James 2:24. This is clearly the sense in which this verb is being used in James 2:24. This also fits the context better, since salvation is not being discussed in James 2, but the evidence of faith. For those who want to make James 2:24 say that we are saved by works, then they most deal with Eph. 2:8-9 and Rom. 4:2 (this verse even uses the same verb as James 2:24), both of which deny that works save us in any way. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |