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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:17 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me [as an apostle] to baptize, but [commissioned and empowered me] to preach the good news [of salvation]--not with clever and eloquent speech [as an orator], so that the cross of Christ would not be made ineffective [deprived of its saving power]. |
Subject: Why Didn't Paul and Jesus Baptize? |
Bible Note: Hi Tim, kingte1234 is not a "capitalizer" based on his lower case post. But consider more of what he is saying. I think that he would say that you can't have "one lord, one faith, and one baptism" and have "both" of your baptisms. Of course I would have to tell him that there is a difference between a "lord" and the Lord Jesus Christ. But I agree with him that you can't have one baptism and both. I would say that the only way that you can have both baptisms is by saying that you have been born of "water and *spirit". John 3:5. John 3:3,4, "(Jesus) answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." 4 Nichodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born, can he? 5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the *spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God./ 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the *spirit is spirit." The parenthesis, slash, and stars are mine. The lower case spirit is my interpretation and what I am suggesting would be the only way that you can have both in one. That is, you would be baptized in water and holy spirit. Tim, in your 1 Corinthians passage there is no mention of water. When one speaks by the Spirit of God and says that "Jesus is my Lord", then from that moment on the Holy Spirit indwells him. I see this passage as the indwelling rather than a baptism. 1 Cor 12:3,4 talk about the same (Spirit) and the same Lord. Verse nine speaks of the same Spirit/ and the one Spirit. Verse 11, "But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He (Spirit) wills." Christ is one spiritual body. 1 Corinthians 12:13, "For by one Spirit we were baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." That is the way I look at these passages of Scripture. (Still penciled in, however) Help me if I need an eraser. From the heart, Ray |