Sure sounds like forgiveness to me.
All sins are indeed forgiven by baptism. But what of sins committed afterwards?
Petrosius: Grace alone, not faith alone. The words of our Lord, as well as Paul and Jame, make this clear. "Faith alone" is an invention of Martin Luther; it is not to be found in Scripture.
eagleone: You seem to be in disagreement with Paul in that case.
Oh, really?
If I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. (I Cor. 13:2)Luther taught "faith alone," Paul did not!
If I followed Luther I'd be worried about that.
All sins are indeed forgiven by baptism. But what of sins committed afterwards?
Incorrect. All of our sins are forgiven when we believe Jesus at His word.
13When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
14having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Colossians 2:13-14 NASB
There is no forgiveness without the shedding of blood.
Dunking someone in water or pouring it on them does NOT remove sin from the spirit.
Water is not the right medium to apply to sin for the forgiveness of it.
Luther taught “faith alone,” Paul did not!
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I’ve read the original Greek.
Paul sets up the sentence structure to place ‘faith’ and ‘works’ in a strong dichotomy. You might say ‘faith NOT works’ with the word ‘not’ in 48 point font.
“Faith alone” is therefore an accurate translation, unless you’re going to claim that salvation comes by something other than works or faith.