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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: How Does Baptism Save? |
Bible Note: Dear Searcher, I'm not going to spend my time chasing rabbits because you don't want to deal with 1 Peter 3:20,21. What kind of work did you do to find these verses? Because John 1:15 doesn't make your case at all. You offer two, but there are three pronouns in that verse which refer to Jesus. All 3 are Masculine Singular! As an aside, I'm a curious type and wonder about things like how people came to choose their forum name. Yours is an interesting one, is there any particular reason you chose it? I like it because it suggest you have an active desire to find the truth. Anyway, back to the issue at hand. __________________ You say: "John 1:15 John bore witness of Him, and cried out, saying, " This (hos) was He of whom I said, 'He who (hos) comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'" Let's see what JOHN 1:15 has for us: "John bore witness of HIM" AUTOU, personal pronoun 'Him' is Masculine, Singular "THIS [man]" HOUTOS, demonstrative pronoun 'This' is Masculine, Singular "was he WHOM" HON, relative pronoun 'whom' is Masculine, Singular ________________ See Searcher, on this passage, you are wrong. On the others I can't say. As Gingrich and Danker says, the pronoun usually follows the gender and number of the antecedent. I'll let you do your own work on the others passages you cite. Back to 1 Peter 3:20,21. You have proven nothing. I've shown how the grammar directly connects 'baptism' that saves you with the 'water' 8 souls were brought safely through. You have NO proof, no evidence, no reason to deny this; it is only your theological bias which keeps you from accepting the clear evidence. Searcher, all you have to do is read the verse. You don't have to be a scholar to understand it. Baptism saves you...through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The salvation is not through works of merit, it is through faith in the grace of God. Wishing you well, Disciplerami |