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NASB | 1 John 5:6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:6 This is He who came through water and blood [His baptism and death], Jesus Christ--not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. It is the [Holy] Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. [He is the essence and origin of truth itself.] |
Subject: What does baptism consist? |
Bible Note: Why is it that most professing Christians are baptized months and years after their conversion? One reason that many delay being baptized, I think, is that baptism is not emphasized nearly enough from the pulpit. Through the years I've been in many local churches where the leadership regarded baptism as relatively unimportant and virtually optional. There seems to be much silence on the subject. Of course, we know that being baptized is important and is not an option. If the command to be baptized were optional, then so would all of Jesus' other commands be optional, which is certainly not the case. In my own experience, my water baptism was an occasion of great joy. |