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Originally Posted by rgcraig
Funny - - I don't see it that way - - also means too. How could baptism save you also/too - - if you aren't saved when you reprent?
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What the baptismal regenerationist omits is ...
the like figure whereunto baptism doth save ... a figure compared to the ark ...
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereunto baptism being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the examination of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The figure also does not put away filth from the flesh ... or wash sin (figuratively) according to the Preacher at Pentecost.
That preacher already said what effectuates the blotting or washing and when it happens .... at repentance:
19Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,