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NASB | 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one [Holy] Spirit we were all baptized into one body, [spiritually transformed--united together] whether Jews or Greeks (Gentiles), slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one [Holy] Spirit [since the same Holy Spirit fills each life]. [Rom 3:22; Gal 3:28] |
Subject: Baptism in the Holy Spirit? |
Bible Note: Disciplerami: I believe that he context of 1 Cor. 12 supports that the baptism of V 13 is the Holy Spirit who places each believer in the chruch which is his body v. 27. In Acts 10:44-46 those that "heard" the word, the Holy Ghost fell on them. Peter asks the question; "Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we"? These people were believers before they were baptised. I find the order in the account of the Ethiopian enuch in Acts 8: 26-39. God is already working in the heart of this man as he studies Isaiah 53. God sends his servant Philip to the man to explain the scriptures to him. In v. 35 We find that from Isaiah 53 Philip "preached unto him Jesus". When they came to water the man asks "What doth hinder me to be baptized?" I believe in the next verse we find the main requirement for believers baptism and that is that one is a believer. "Philip said "if thou believest with all thy heart, thous mayest" v.37 We then hear the confession of the eunuh "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God" This is a truth which is can only be revealed to the heart by God indicating that the eunuch is a believer. At that point they both go down into the water and the man is baptised. I believe that from this account we could say that what had happened within the heart of the man spiritually, was proclaimed outwardly in his baptism by water. Peace in his name Robert |