Is then the external baptism with water the washing away of sin itself? Not at all: [211] for the blood of Jesus Christ only, and the Holy Ghost cleanse us from all sin. [212] Footnotes: [211] Matt. 3:11; 1:Pet. 3:21; Eph. 5:26 , 27. [212] 1 John 1:7; 1:Cor. 6:11. |