Question 77
Section 3: Of the Sacraments
Is then the outward Baptism of Water the washing away of Sins?
It is not; for thea Blood of Christ alone cleanseth us fromb all Sin.
Is then the outward Baptism of Water the washing away of Sins?
It is not; for thea Blood of Christ alone cleanses us fromb all Sin.
a. 1 Peter 3:21; Ephesians 5:25–26
1 Peter 3:21
3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
3:21 And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also-not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God-through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 5:25–26
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her 5:26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
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b. 1 John 1:7; 1 Corinthians 6:11
1 John 1:7
1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 Corinthians 6:11
6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
6:11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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