-- 68. And if this is rightly said of the gospel, with how much greater certainty should it be said of baptism, which belongs to the gospel in such wise, that without it no one can reach the kingdom of heaven, and with it only if to the sacrament be added

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Footnotes:

[2457] John 3:5.

[2458] Matthew 5:20.

[2459] 2 Timothy 2:8.

[2460] Acts 19:3.

[2461] Ephesians 5:25, 26.