A ‘Net list-friend wrote: May I add a little to the discussion? Over the years I have had to counter a group called Revival Centres of Australia who teach clearly that unless a person is baptised, he/she is not saved. To which another replied: When I conduct baptismal classes, I put the following verse before the candidate(s).. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. (Mark 16:16)

I mention the textual problems, but ask: “What does this verse say about those who believe and are not baptised?”

The answer? Nothing. There is an assumption that those who believe are baptised. The NT knows nothing of unbaptised believers.

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