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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: Steve, I don't hold dispensationalism in a particularly high regard, for in my view it creates more problems than it solves. And if your theory is right, that Romans 4_5 is teaching from an ultradispensational platform, then we can see to what dire lengths this austerly literal interpretation can lead, if that's what it is, which I doubt, because I think it goes far beyond being merely a literal interpretation. The New Testament simply doesn't support such a teaching, literally, symbolically, figuratively or in any other manner. It's simply using the old trick of snatching a couple of verses out of context, disregarding all others, and coming up with a crack-pot doctrine. I rather think that this teaching is more the product of a lone-ranger type of thinking than of an organized body of believers, though I stand to be corrected. At all events, I would quibble with you mildly about hastening to scratch the word "outrageous" as not being a fitting adjective for this sort of teaching. I agree with Kalos on its being outrageous and with both of you on its being confusing. --Hank |