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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: John 3:1-7 how can you say it's not true |
Bible Note: I'd like to offer my opinion as to why there is this seeming contradiction. If one does a thorough and serious study of the life and teachings of Apostle, you have to come away with a strong conclusion that he most certainly did believe in baptism for the remission of sins and I think it can be inferred correctly that baptism for this reason is required to obey God's terms of His plan of salvation. However, we still have Paul's statement to deal with. Basically, I think by this time in Paul's life, he has recognized he has a very short time to live upon this earth and is also recgnizing his main talent is to spread to good news of the Gospel to all the world and let others do the baptizing and teaching thereafter. He is merely recognizing priorities just as we do in today's world. He was also delegating as his right to do so. Remember, Paul could see into the future and knew there would be a period of the apostecy, when men would fall away from the church. He was most traumatized over this as shown in his last gathering with the elders in Ephesis. One more thing and I'll hush. There's seems to be a great tendancy for us as men to demand all kinds of extra details such as this kind of explanation from God about all these kind of controversies in His Word. We seem to forget that God expects us to grow up as spiritual beings and realize some of this CAN be figured out on our own. We don't need to argue about it, at least NOT to the length of time and the degree of hurtful words I see posted on this Forum. I agree, this kind of bantering over such small matters doesn't do us or the Lord's church any good. Thanks for "listening" and God bless you all. |