Baptism --- A Condition That Must Be Met

Many sincere religious folks turn to Ephesians 2:8-9 to show that baptism is not necessary for salvation — that grace is a “gift” based solely upon one condition — faith. Using the American Standard Version – 1901, the text under consideration reads:

“For by grace you have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God – not of works, that no man should glory.”

Let us compare and analyze this passage with one similar to it that the inspired apostle Paul wrote in Colossians 2:11-13 ASV:

See here.

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets