[boatbums]

I gave you an answer to your question or, rather, your assertion that ah, but the Scriptures say there is only ONE baptism, not 2 or 3.. As you can see by my response that is an incorrect statement. Which is why, I guess, you are now changing your assertion to speaking of what baptism the NT "church" knew about. Even this, however, is still not correct because, as I showed you, there is 1)baptism of the Holy Spirit and 2) water baptism.

I like how The Message puts this:

Ephesians 4:4-6 You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly. You have one Master, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.

When Paul told the Ephesians about there being one faith it is obvious he was speaking of the faith in Jesus Christ - not a specific religious organization. When he spoke of one Lord, it's easy to know he was speaking of our Lord Jesus Christ - for there are no others. When he said one baptism, he had to have meant the baptism of the Holy Spirit that ALL believers receive when they come to faith in Christ. And the one Father is obvious also, as, of course, there is only one true God who is our Heavenly Father. All of these point to the unity that all believers have and all that we have in common regardless of outward labels or designations. We are all connected to the one body, the body of Jesus Christ through faith. One Father, one Lord, one Spirit.

[one Lord one faith one baptism]

“he had to have meant”

He had to have meant baptism is for the forgiveness of sins as he was taught in Acts 22:16. Jesus said we must born of water and the Spirit in John 3:5. Paul later wrote in Titus 3:5 “he saved us, not because of any deeds we have done in righteousness, but in virute of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit.
unless you are infallible, why do you oppose what the Church has taught unanimously for 1,500 years on baptismal regneration?
Peter agrees with Paul, he wrote in 1 Peter 3:21 “baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as the removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ”
i am tempted to ask you if anything could be clearer, but the i remembered you don’t accept “This is My Body” means “This is My Body”.