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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: Tim: Thank you for a very good post. You point out: "The common mistake made here is to interpret 'justified' as referring to salvation . . . It has two possible meanings. "It can mean 'justified', or it can mean 'shown to be righteous'." I agree 100 percent. JUSTIFIED is used in two different ways. I have tried to get this point across several times in recent days. Yet each time I do, I get the same response: Someone repeats and repeats that it is being claimed that there are two different FAITHS. This is nonsense! My posts were never about two different faiths. Instead, they addressed the same issue you did, that "justified" has two possible meanings. It's so simple! James talks about being justified in the eyes of men. Paul talks about being justified (declared righteous) in God's eyes. The only evidence of a person's having been justified that men can see is what they see on the outside. God looks on the heart. And it is God who declares us righteous in his sight. He does so based on faith, not works. Romans 3:28 (ESV) For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. Ephes. 2:8-9 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, [9] not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Moreover, it is absurd to imply that one portion of scripture (James) contradicts another (Romans). God, the Author of the Bible, does not contradict himself. Radioman2 |