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NASB | 1 Peter 3:21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 3:21 Corresponding to that [rescue through the flood], baptism [which is an expression of a believer's new life in Christ] now saves you, not by removing dirt from the body, but by an appeal to God for a good (clear) conscience, [demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
Subject: Do you have to be baptized to be saved? |
Bible Note: Why would Paul tell people who are already saved how to be saved? Maybe for the same reason that the book of Romans is clearly addressed "To all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints" (Rom 1:7 NASB). Yet the book of Romans, clearly addressed to believers, presents God's plan of salvation as plainly and simply as any book of the Bible. (See Rom 3:10; 3:23; 6:23; 5:8; and 10:9-10,13.) . . . Sir, I do respect your right to your beliefs, but this argument that the same book of the Bible addressed to Christians would not present God's plan of salvation is a very weak argument. In fact, it hardly qualifies as a serious argument. Eph 2:8-9 may or may not tell "how to get saved", but it definitely tells how or by what we are saved: "by grace through faith" and "not of works". . . . If you had read my two postings, "Is baptism needed for salvation?" (One.) and "Is baptism needed for salvation? Part 0", you would realize that quibbling over two verses of Scripture is not going to overthrow that whole body of evidence I have presented. At least not to me it isn't. |