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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:34 If anyone is too hungry [to wait], let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment [on yourselves]. About the remaining matters [of which I was informed], I will take care of them when I come. |
Bible Question: Is the only true Baptism by immersion? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Wayne... It would depend on who you are talking to. This would be something that would be based on the particular congregation doing the baptizing. I would say that orthodox Christianity would insist that water is an essential element of baptism. There would be variation relative to the mode, and relative to who was eligible to be baptized. Christians have been deliberating this subject since the earliest days of the primitive church. As an Historic Baptist, we hold that baptismal immersion seems to reflect the Biblical pattern better than other modes -- even the Greek word for baptism means immersion. However, we also would insist that the only eligible subject of baptism is a person who can properly articulate their faith and who gives evidence of their regeneration (cf 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, chapter 29). In Him, Doc |