Ordo you not knowthat all of us whohave been baptizedinto ChristJesushave been baptizedinto His death?
"Gothereforeand make disciplesof allthe nations,baptizingthem in the nameof the Fatherand the Sonand the HolySpirit,
When they heardthis, they were baptizedin the nameof the LordJesus.
Peter[said] to them, "Repent,and eachof you be baptizedin the nameof JesusChristfor the forgivenessof your sins;and you will receivethe giftof the HolySpirit.
For He had not yetfallenupon anyof them; they had simplybeenbaptizedin the nameof the LordJesus.
Do you not knowthat whenyou presentyourselvesto someone[as] slavesfor obedience,you are slavesof the one whomyou obey,eitherof sinresultingin death,orof obedienceresultingin righteousness?
Nowifwe have diedwith Christ,we believethat we shall alsolivewith Him,
Ordo you not know,brethren(for I am speakingto those who knowthe law),that the lawhas jurisdiction overa personas longas he lives?
and allwere baptizedinto Mosesin the cloudand in the sea;
For by oneSpiritwe were allbaptizedinto onebody,whetherJewsorGreeks,whetherslavesorfree,and we were allmade to drinkof oneSpirit.
Otherwise,whatwill thosedowho are baptizedfor the dead?Ifthe deadare not raisedat all,whythenare they baptizedfor them?
Do you not knowthat you are a templeof Godand [that] the Spiritof Goddwellsin you?
Your boastingis not good.Do you not knowthat a littleleavenleavensthe wholelump[of dough]?
Ordo you not knowthat your bodyis a templeof the HolySpiritwho is in you, whomyou havefrom God,and that you are not your own?
Ordo you not knowthat the unrighteouswill not inheritthe kingdomof God?Do not be deceived;neitherfornicators,noridolaters,noradulterers,noreffeminate,norhomosexuals,
Do you not knowthat thosewho performsacred serviceseatthe [food] of the temple,[and] thosewho attend regularlyto the altarhave their sharefrom the altar?
Do you not knowthat thosewho runin a raceallrun,but [only] onereceivesthe prize?Runin such a waythat you may win.
Testyourselves[to see] ifyou are in the faith;examineyourselves!Ordo you not recognizethis about yourselves,that JesusChristis in you-- unlessindeed you fail the test?
For all of you whowere baptizedinto Christhave clothedyourselves with Christ.
You adulteresses,do you not knowthat friendshipwith the worldis hostilitytoward God?Thereforewhoeverwishesto be a friendof the worldmakeshimself an enemyof God.
Correspondingto that, baptismnowsavesyou-- not the removalof dirtfrom the flesh,but an appealto Godfor a goodconscience--throughthe resurrectionof JesusChrist,
