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Who believes, is baptized, and is saved in Acts 16?
Acts 16 tells two accounts of Philippians being saved under the preaching of Paul. First is a woman named Lydia:
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of ...
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What were the Corinthians doing when they “baptized on behalf of the dead”?
In the very center of an argument about the general resurrection, which the Corinthians questioned, Paul says:
Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead ...
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Why do Biblical authors call John's baptism a baptism of repentence? [closed]
What is the relationship of this baptism to the ministry of Jesus, and how is it related to the baptism practiced after a profession of faith in Acts?
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What is the baptism of fire?
In Luke 3, some are wondering if John the Baptist could be the Christ. He denies this claim like so:
John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the ...
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Baptismal Formula [closed]
I seem to recall something about the baptismal formula i. e. "in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit," not being specified by scripture but being mentioned in the letters of the fathers of the ...
